Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » Richard Thomas PRETORIUS (1889-1955)

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Household of Richard Thomas PRETORIUS

He is married to Helena Catharina SMAL.

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  1. John Henry PRETORIUS  1919-1985 

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    Historical events

    • The temperature on January 29, 1889 was about 6.1 °C. The air pressure was 54 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. 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.
      • April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
      • November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
      • November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.
    

    Same birth/death day

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    • 1884 » Juhan Aavik, Estonian-Swedish composer and conductor († 1982)
    • 1888 » Sydney Chapman, English mathematician and geophysicist († 1970)
    • 1888 » Wellington Koo, Chinese statesman († 1985)
    • 1891 » Elizaveta Gerdt, Russian ballerina and educator († 1975)
    • 1891 » R. Norris Williams, Swiss-American tennis player and banker († 1968)
    • 1892 » Ernst Lubitsch, German American film director, producer, writer, and actor († 1947)

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    Gert Esterhuizen, "Family tree Eric Esterhuizen", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-eric-esterhuizen/I6020.php : accessed January 8, 2026), "Richard Thomas PRETORIUS (1889-1955)".