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Birthday September 22, 1886

• The temperature on September 22, 1886 was about 14.6 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 49%. 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 1886: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 18 » Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
  • January 29 » Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
  • March 29 » John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta.
  • April 8 » William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
  • July 3 » Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.
  • July 3 » The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1883 » Ferenc Oslay, Hungarian-Slovene historian and author († 1932)
• 1883 » Frank George Woollard, English engineer († 1957)
• 1885 » Ben Chifley, Australian engineer and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Australia († 1951)
• 1885 » Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1957)
• 1885 » Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect and academic, designed the Stockholm Public Library († 1940)
• 1887 » Bhaurao Patil, Indian educator and activist († 1959)