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Birthday April 4, 1888

• The temperature on April 4, 1888 was about 3.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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 Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • March 11 » The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
  • August 14 » An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord", one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London, England.
  • August 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
  • September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
  • October 15 » The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.
  • October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1884 » Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese admiral († 1943)
• 1884 » James Alberione, Italian priest, founded the Society of St. Paul († 1971)
• 1886 » Frank Luther Mott, American historian and journalist († 1964)
• 1888 » Tris Speaker, American baseball player and manager († 1958)
• 1888 » Zdzisław Żygulski, Sr., Polish historian and academic († 1975)
• 1889 » Makhanlal Chaturvedi, Indian journalist, poet, and playwright († 1968)