Wiggins-Mergenthaler Family Tree » Alfrid Amelia Frideborg Johansson (1889-????)

Birthday July 2, 1889

• The temperature on July 2, 1889 was about 15.7 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. 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.
  • June 26 » Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
  • July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
  • August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
  • September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1877 » Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, Nobel Prize laureate († 1962)
• 1881 » Royal Hurlburt Weller, American lawyer and politician († 1929)
• 1884 » Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and author († 1931)
• 1893 » Ralph Hancock, Welsh gardener and author († 1950)
• 1900 » Sophie Harris, English costume and scenic designer for theatre and opera († 1966)
• 1900 » Tyrone Guthrie, English actor and director († 1971)