Kennedy Family Tree » Leonard George Braby (1899-1979)

Birthday March 19, 1899

• The temperature on March 19, 1899 was about -0.2 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1899: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
  • February 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
  • March 27 » Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
  • June 12 » New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
  • July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.
  • September 23 » The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1894 » Moms Mabley, American comedian and singer († 1975)
• 1900 » Carmen Carbonell, Spanish stage and film actress († 1988)
• 1900 » Frédéric Joliot-Curie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1958)
• 1901 » Jo Mielziner, French-American set designer († 1976)
• 1904 » John Sirica, American lawyer and judge († 1992)
• 1905 » Joe Rollino, American weightlifter and boxer († 2010)