Kennedy Family Tree » James Lewis (1886-????)

Birthday March 10, 1886

• The temperature on March 10, 1886 was about -3.7 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. 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 1886: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • March 27 » Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
  • May 1 » Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day, culminating in the Haymarket affair in Chicago, in commemoration of which May 1 is celebrated as International Workers' Day in many countries.
  • May 8 » Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
  • June 30 » The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
  • July 3 » The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
  • November 14 » Friedrich Soennecken first developed the hole puncher, a type of office tool capable of punching small holes in paper.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1877 » Pascual Ortiz Rubio, Mexican diplomat and president (1930-1932) († 1963)
• 1881 » Jessie Boswell, English painter († 1956)
• 1888 » Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor († 1961)
• 1890 » Albert Ogilvie, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Tasmania († 1939)
• 1892 » Arthur Honegger, French composer and educator († 1955)
• 1892 » Gregory La Cava, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1952)