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Birthday October 9, 1886

• The temperature on October 9, 1886 was about 12.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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.
  • May 1 » Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day, culminating in the Haymarket affair in Chicago, in commemoration of which May 1 is celebrated as International Workers' Day in many countries.
  • May 29 » The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.
  • June 30 » The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
  • July 3 » The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
  • October 28 » President Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1880 » Charlie Faust, American baseball player († 1915)
• 1883 » Maria Filotti, Greek-Romanian actress († 1956)
• 1886 » Rube Marquard, American baseball player and manager († 1980)
• 1888 » Irving Cummings, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1959)
• 1888 » Nikolai Bukharin, Russian journalist and politician († 1938)
• 1890 » Aimee Semple McPherson, Canadian-American evangelist, founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel († 1944)