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Birthday March 24, 1890

• The temperature on March 24, 1890 was about 6.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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 1890: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • July 10 » Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
  • August 6 » At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
  • September 24 » The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.
  • October 11 » In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
  • November 29 » The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.
  • December 29 » Wounded Knee Massacre on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota are killed by the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment.

Source: Wikipedia

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