Smith and Wilson family tree » James George Wear (1889-????)

Birthday September 11, 1889

• The temperature on September 11, 1889 was about 18.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
  • 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 26 » Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
  • June 29 » Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
  • July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
  • September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1884 » Sudhamoy Pramanick, Indian activist and politician († 1974)
• 1885 » D. H. Lawrence, English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic († 1930)
• 1885 » Herbert Stothart, American composer and conductor († 1949)
• 1891 » William Thomas Walsh, American historian, author, and educator († 1949)
• 1893 » Douglas Hawkes, English-Greek racing driver and engineer († 1974)
• 1895 » Vinoba Bhave, Indian philosopher and Gandhian, Bharat Ratna Awardee († 1982)