Family tree Vercamst-Degroote » Maria-Magdalena VANCRAEYENEST (1889-????)

Birthday November 30, 1889

• The temperature on November 30, 1889 was about 1.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
  • March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
  • 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.
  • August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
  • November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1883 » Gustav Suits, Estonian-Swedish poet and politician († 1956)
• 1887 » Andrej Gosar, Slovenian economist, lawyer, and politician († 1970)
• 1887 » Beatrice Kerr, Australian swimmer and diver († 1971)
• 1888 » Harry Altham, English cricketer and coach († 1965)
• 1889 » Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian, English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1977)
• 1889 » Reuvein Margolies, Ukrainian-Israeli author and scholar († 1971)