Family tree Haverkamp » Willemina Logtenberg (1889-????)

Birthday September 17, 1889

• The temperature on September 17, 1889 was about 11.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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.
  • February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
  • March 23 » The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India.
  • May 11 » An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor.
  • June 3 » The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
  • June 26 » Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
  • November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1879 » Rube Foster, American baseball player and manager († 1930)
• 1881 » Alfred Carpenter, English admiral, Victoria Cross recipient († 1955)
• 1883 » William Carlos Williams, American poet, short story writer, and essayist († 1963)
• 1884 » Charles Griffes, American pianist and composer († 1920)
• 1886 » Anton Irv, Estonian captain († 1919)
• 1897 » Earl Webb, American baseball player and coach († 1965)