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Birthday June 6, 1898

• The temperature on June 6, 1898 was about 25.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 46%. 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 21 » Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.
  • May 8 » The first games of the Italian football league system are played.
  • June 17 » The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
  • July 8 » The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
  • July 25 » Spanish-American War: The American invasion of Spanish-held Puerto Rico begins, as United States Army troops under General Nelson A. Miles land and secure the port at Guánica.
  • September 2 » Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » Henry Allingham, English World War I soldier and supercentenarian († 2009).
• 1896 » Italo Balbo, Italian air marshal and politician († 1940)
• 1898 » Jacobus Johannes Fouché, South African politician, 2nd State President of South Africa († 1980)
• 1898 » Ninette de Valois, English ballerina, choreographer, and director († 2001)
• 1898 » Walter Abel, American actor († 1987)
• 1900 » Manfred Sakel, Ukrainian-American psychiatrist and physician († 1957)