Genealogy Slot » Albert Piel (1892-????)

Birthday December 19, 1892

• The temperature on December 19, 1892 was about 5.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • March 18 » Former Governor General Lord Stanley pledges to donate a silver challenge cup as an award for the best hockey team in Canada; it was later named after him as the Stanley Cup.
  • June 6 » The Chicago "L" elevated rail system begins operation.
  • October 21 » Opening ceremonies for the World's Columbian Exposition are held in Chicago, though because construction was behind schedule, the exposition did not open until May 1, 1893.
  • October 26 » Ida B. Wells publishes Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases.
  • December 9 » English football club Newcastle United is founded.
  • December 17 » First issue of Vogue is published.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1899 » Martin Luther King Sr., American pastor, missionary, and activist († 1984)