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Birthday November 3, 1892

• The temperature on November 3, 1892 was about 7.1 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 15 » James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
  • July 6 » Three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.
  • July 7 » The Katipunan is established, the discovery of which by Spanish authorities initiated the Philippine Revolution.
  • July 8 » St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
  • September 9 » Amalthea, third moon of Jupiter is discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard.
  • September 28 » The first night game for American football takes place in a contest between Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State Normal.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1887 » Samuil Marshak, Russian author and poet († 1964)
• 1890 » Eustáquio van Lieshout, Dutch-Brazilian priest and missionary († 1943)
• 1890 » Harry Stephen Keeler, American author († 1967)
• 1894 » Sofoklis Venizelos, Greek captain and politician, 133rd Prime Minister of Greece († 1964)
• 1894 » William George Barker, Canadian pilot and colonel, Victoria Cross recipient († 1930)
• 1896 » Gustaf Tenggren, Swedish-American illustrator and animator († 1970)