Genealogy Manuel » Lawrence "Lawrence" King-Harman (1889-????)

Birthday May 5, 1889

• The temperature on May 5, 1889 was about 25.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 30 » Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling.
  • May 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
  • June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
  • June 29 » Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
  • November 15 » Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.
  • November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1884 » Chief Bender, American baseball player and coach († 1954)
• 1885 » Kingsley Fairbridge, South African-Australian scholar and politician († 1924)
• 1887 » Mervyn S. Bennion, American captain, Medal of Honor recipient († 1941)
• 1889 » Herbie Taylor, South African cricketer and soldier († 1973)
• 1890 » Christopher Morley, American journalist and author († 1957)
• 1892 » Dorothy Garrod, British archaeologist († 1968)