Smith and Wilson family tree » Ellen Irene Calver (1889-????)

Birthday November 8, 1889

• The temperature on November 8, 1889 was about 10.9 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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.
  • April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
  • 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.
  • May 31 » Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1885 » Emil Fahrenkamp, German architect and academic († 1966)
• 1885 » George Bouzianis, Greek painter († 1959)
• 1885 » Hans Cloos, German geologist and academic († 1951)
• 1885 » Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general and politician, 4th Japanese Military Governors of the Philippines († 1946)
• 1888 » David Monrad Johansen, Norwegian pianist and composer († 1974)
• 1893 » Prajadhipok, Thai king († 1941)