Family tree Van Geel » Egidius Johannes PALS (1892-????)

Birthday August 30, 1892

• The temperature on August 30, 1892 was about 21.1 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • June 7 » Homer Plessy is arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the "whites-only" car of a train; he lost the resulting court case, Plessy v. Ferguson.
  • July 7 » The Katipunan is established, the discovery of which by Spanish authorities initiated the Philippine Revolution.
  • August 9 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
  • September 9 » Amalthea, third moon of Jupiter is discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard.
  • October 12 » The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools.
  • October 21 » Opening ceremonies for the World's Columbian Exposition are held in Chicago, though because construction was behind schedule, the exposition did not open until May 1, 1893.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1884 » Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
• 1885 » Tedda Courtney, Australian rugby league player and coach († 1957)
• 1890 » Samuel Frederick Henry Thompson, English captain and pilot († 1918)
• 1893 » Huey Long, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Louisiana († 1935)
• 1896 » Raymond Massey, Canadian-American actor and playwright († 1983)
• 1898 » Shirley Booth, American actress and singer († 1992)