Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » Gert Johannes Hendrik LOGGENBERG (1898-????)

Birthday February 20, 1898

• The temperature on February 20, 1898 was about 2.5 °C. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 13 » Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair.
  • March 16 » In Melbourne the representatives of five colonies adopted a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia.
  • June 10 » Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
  • June 13 » Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
  • August 12 » The Hawaiian flag is lowered from ʻIolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawaii to the United States.
  • August 28 » Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "Pepsi-Cola".

Source: Wikipedia

• 1895 » Louis Zborowski, English race car driver and engineer († 1924)
• 1897 » Ivan Albright, American painter († 1983)
• 1898 » Ante Ciliga, Croatian politician, writer and publisher († 1992)
• 1899 » Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist († 1992)
• 1901 » Louis Kahn, American architect, designed the Salk Institute, the Kimbell Art Museum and the Bangladesh Parliament Building († 1974)
• 1901 » René Dubos, French-American biologist and author († 1982)