Genealogy Harssema » Pieter Martens GEERTSMA (1889-????)

Birthday March 28, 1889

• The temperature on March 28, 1889 was about 4.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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.
  • February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
  • March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
  • April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
  • October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
  • November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
  • November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1884 » Angelos Sikelianos, Greek poet and playwright († 1951)
• 1886 » Gustave Mesny, French general († 1945)
• 1890 » Paul Whiteman, American violinist, composer, and bandleader († 1967)
• 1892 » Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1968)
• 1892 » Tom Maguire, Irish general († 1993)
• 1893 » Spyros Skouras, Greek-American businessman († 1971)