Eijsermans family tree » Anna Maria Meijvis (1889-????)

Birthday February 28, 1889

• The temperature on February 28, 1889 was about -1.5 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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.
  • January 8 » Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
  • January 22 » Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
  • February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
  • 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.
  • September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1882 » Geraldine Farrar, American soprano and actress († 1967)
• 1883 » Seán Mac Diarmada, Irish rebel leader († 1916)
• 1884 » Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia († 1942)
• 1887 » William Zorach, Lithuanian-American sculptor and painter († 1966)
• 1894 » Ben Hecht, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1964)
• 1895 » Marcel Pagnol, French author, playwright and director († 1974)