Pedigree Plomp » Joost Bijl (1892-1981)

Birthday December 26, 1892

• The temperature on December 26, 1892 was about -7.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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.
  • April 15 » The General Electric Company is formed.
  • June 11 » The Limelight Department, one of the world's first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia.
  • July 6 » Three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.
  • July 8 » St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
  • September 22 » Lindal Railway Incident, providing inspiration for "The Lost Special" by A.C. Doyle and the TV serial Lost.
  • November 8 » The New Orleans general strike begins, uniting black and white American trade unionists in a successful four-day general strike action for the first time.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1890 » Konstantinos Georgakopoulos, Greek lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1973)
• 1890 » Percy Hodge, English runner († 1967)
• 1891 » Henry Miller, American author and painter († 1980)
• 1892 » Don Barclay, American actor and illustrator († 1975)
• 1893 » Mao Zedong, Chinese politician, Chairman of the Communist Party of China († 1976)
• 1894 » Jean Toomer, American author and poet († 1967)