Stambomen Quist » Jan van de Sande (1887-????)

Birthday December 25, 1887

• The temperature on December 25, 1887 was about 1.1 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 20 » The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
  • February 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
  • April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
  • July 4 » The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
  • September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
  • November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1884 » Evelyn Nesbit, American model and actress († 1967)
• 1884 » Samuel Berger, American boxer († 1925)
• 1886 » Kid Ory, American trombonist and bandleader († 1973)
• 1886 » Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and activist († 1918)
• 1887 » Conrad Hilton, American entrepreneur († 1979)
• 1889 » Lila Bell Wallace, American publisher and philanthropist, co-founded Reader's Digest († 1984)