Kennedy Family Tree » Ira Antona Welty (1889-????)

Birthday March 27, 1889

• The temperature on March 27, 1889 was about 4.7 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 38 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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.
  • January 22 » Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
  • January 30 » Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling.
  • June 3 » The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
  • June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
  • October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
  • November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1887 » Väinö Siikaniemi, Finnish javelin thrower, poet, and translator († 1932)
• 1888 » George Alfred Lawrence Hearne, English-South African cricketer († 1978)
• 1889 » Leonard Mociulschi, Romanian general († 1979)
• 1889 » Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Egyptian-Turkish journalist, author, and politician († 1974)
• 1890 » Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton, Scottish admiral († 1974)
• 1890 » Harald Julin, Swedish swimmer and water polo player († 1967)