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Birthday April 2, 1898

• The temperature on April 2, 1898 was about 3.6 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • June 10 » Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
  • July 4 » En route from New York to Le Havre, the SS La Bourgogne collides with another ship and sinks off the coast of Sable Island, with the loss of 549 lives.
  • July 8 » The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
  • August 13 » Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
  • September 10 » Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
  • December 10 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » Johnny Golden, American golfer († 1936)
• 1898 » Chiungtze C. Tsen, Chinese mathematician († 1940)
• 1898 » Harindranath Chattopadhyay, Indian poet, actor and politician († 1990)
• 1900 » Alfred Strange, English footballer († 1978)
• 1900 » Anis Fuleihan, Cypriot-American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1970)
• 1900 » Roberto Arlt, Argentinian journalist, author, and playwright († 1942)