Kennedy Family Tree » William Thomas Carrington (1887-1887)

Birthday September 24, 1887

• The temperature on September 24, 1887 was about 11.3 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • February 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
  • April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
  • April 28 » A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
  • July 6 » David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
  • July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
  • November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1884 » İsmet İnönü, Turkish general and politician, 2nd President of Turkey († 1973)
• 1884 » Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist († 1963)
• 1884 » Hugo Schmeisser, German weapons designer and engineer († 1953)
• 1885 » Artur Lemba, Estonian pianist, composer, and educator († 1963)
• 1890 » A. P. Herbert, English author and playwright († 1971)
• 1890 » Mike González, Cuban baseball player, coach, and manager († 1977)