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Birthday October 14, 1898

• The temperature on October 14, 1898 was about 11.3 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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.
  • April 25 » Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
  • June 27 » The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
  • July 1 » Spanish–American War: The Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
  • August 13 » Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
  • October 6 » Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the New England Conservatory of Music.
  • October 14 » The steam ship SSMohegan sinks near the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall, killing 106.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1894 » E. E. Cummings, American poet and playwright († 1962)
• 1894 » Victoria Drummond, British marine engineer († 1978)
• 1897 » Alicja Dorabialska, Polish chemist († 1975)
• 1898 » Thomas William Holmes, Canadian sergeant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient († 1950)
• 1900 » W. Edwards Deming, American statistician, author, and academic († 1993)
• 1902 » Learco Guerra, Italian cyclist and manager († 1963)