McNiven - Oliver Family tree » James Joseph BARNABLE (1889-1968)

Birthday May 6, 1889

• The temperature on May 6, 1889 was about 23.5 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 45%. 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 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
  • May 11 » An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor.
  • 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 26 » Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
  • November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.
  • November 14 » Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1883 » Alberto Collo, Italian actor († 1955)
• 1895 » Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian soldier and politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture († 1946)
• 1895 » Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian mathematician and author († 1974)
• 1895 » Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor († 1926)
• 1896 » Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic († 1966)
• 1897 » Paul Alverdes, German author and poet († 1979)