Genealogy Harssema » Pietje Johannes de GROOT (1892-????)

Birthday October 2, 1892

• The temperature on October 2, 1892 was about 11.6 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 11 » The Limelight Department, one of the world's first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia.
  • September 22 » Lindal Railway Incident, providing inspiration for "The Lost Special" by A.C. Doyle and the TV serial Lost.
  • October 12 » The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools.
  • November 12 » Pudge Heffelfinger becomes the first professional American football player on record, participating in his first paid game for the Allegheny Athletic Association.
  • December 18 » Premiere performance of The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1883 » Karl von Terzaghi, Czech-American geologist and engineer († 1963)
• 1883 » Lesley Ashburner, American hurdler († 1950)
• 1890 » Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor († 1977)
• 1893 » Leroy Shield, American composer and conductor († 1962)
• 1895 » Ruth Cheney Streeter, American colonel († 1990)
• 1897 » Bud Abbott, American comedian († 1974)