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Birthday May 28, 1885

• The temperature on May 28, 1885 was about 18.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • February 8 » The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
  • March 31 » The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
  • April 30 » Governor of New York David B. Hill signs legislation creating the Niagara Reservation, New York's first state park, ensuring that Niagara Falls will not be devoted solely to industrial and commercial use.
  • May 1 » The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.
  • November 28 » Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.
  • December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1883 » Clough Williams-Ellis, English-Welsh architect, designed the Portmeirion Village († 1978)
• 1883 » Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian poet and politician († 1966)
• 1884 » Edvard Beneš, Czech academic and politician, 2nd President of Czechoslovakia († 1948)
• 1886 » Santo Trafficante, Sr., Italian-American mobster († 1954)
• 1888 » Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian journalist and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Estonia († 1942)
• 1888 » Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot, English author and educator († 1947)