Family tree Menting » Gerharda Johanna Nijman (1889-????)

Birthday July 14, 1889

• The temperature on July 14, 1889 was about 16.2 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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.
  • 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.
  • July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
  • July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
  • November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1885 » Sisavang Vong, Laotian king († 1959)
• 1888 » Scipio Slataper, Italian author and critic († 1915)
• 1889 » Ante Pavelic, Croatian fascist dictator during World War II († 1959)
• 1889 » Marco de Gastyne, French painter and illustrator († 1982)
• 1893 » Clarence J. Brown, American publisher and politician, 36th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio († 1965)
• 1893 » Garimella Satyanarayana, Indian poet and author († 1952)