Family tree Wim en Annelies de Leede » Casper Joseph Zoetmulder (1887-????)

Birthday December 14, 1887

• The temperature on December 14, 1887 was about 4.6 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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.
  • February 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
  • February 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
  • June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
  • October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
  • November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.
  • November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1881 » Katherine MacDonald, American actress and producer († 1956)
• 1883 » Manolis Kalomiris, Greek pianist and composer († 1962)
• 1883 » Morihei Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist, developed aikido († 1969)
• 1884 » Jane Cowl, American actress and playwright († 1950)
• 1887 » Xul Solar, Argentinian painter and sculptor († 1963)
• 1894 » Alexander Nelke, Estonian-American painter and carpenter († 1974)