Family tree Weening » Catharina Emerentia Alma (1896-????)

Birthday November 8, 1896

• The temperature on November 8, 1896 was about 4.0 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
  • May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
  • May 26 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
  • June 28 » An explosion in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that kills 58 miners.
  • August 17 » Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom.
  • September 21 » Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1893 » Prajadhipok, Thai king († 1941)
• 1896 » Bucky Harris, American baseball player and manager († 1977)
• 1896 » Erika Abels d'Albert, Austrian painter and graphic artist († 1975)
• 1897 » Dorothy Day, American journalist and activist († 1980)
• 1898 » Marie Prevost, Canadian-American actress and singer († 1937)
• 1900 » Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author († 1949)