Family tree Vleminckx » Henricus Aloysius Meeus (1889-????)

Birthday May 30, 1889

• The temperature on May 30, 1889 was about 15.2 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%. 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 30 » Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling.
  • May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
  • May 31 » Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
  • 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 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
  • July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1886 » Laurent Barré, Canadian lawyer and politician († 1964)
• 1886 » Randolph Bourne, American theorist and author († 1918)
• 1887 » Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian-American sculptor and illustrator († 1964)
• 1887 » Emil Reesen, Danish pianist, composer, and conductor († 1964)
• 1890 » Roger Salengro, French soldier and politician, French Minister of the Interior († 1936)
• 1892 » Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter († 1972)