Family tree Wim en Annelies de Leede » Johanna Maria Hendriks (1886-????)

Birthday May 8, 1886

• The temperature on May 8, 1886 was about 21.1 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 43%. 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 1886: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • May 5 » The Bay View massacre: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, killing seven.
  • June 10 » Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and burying the famous Pink and White Terraces. Eruptions continue for three months creating a large, 17km long fissure across the mountain peak.
  • June 13 » A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
  • June 26 » Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
  • June 30 » The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
  • November 30 » The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1879 » Wesley Coe, American shot putter, discus thrower, and tug of war competitor († 1926)
• 1884 » Harry S. Truman, American colonel and politician, 33rd President of the United States († 1972)
• 1885 » Thomas B. Costain, Canadian journalist and author († 1965)
• 1892 » Adriaan Pelt, Dutch journalist and diplomat († 1981)
• 1893 » Edd Roush, American baseball player and coach († 1988)
• 1893 » Francis Ouimet, American golfer († 1967)