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Birthday July 19, 1896

• The temperature on July 19, 1896 was about 17.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • February 21 » An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fought an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing.
  • March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
  • April 15 » Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
  • May 18 » The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional.
  • May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
  • December 30 » Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1894 » Aleksandr Khinchin, Russian mathematician and academic († 1959)
• 1894 » Khawaja Nazimuddin, Bangladeshi-Pakistani politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Pakistan († 1965)
• 1895 » Xu Beihong, Chinese painter and academic († 1953)
• 1896 » A. J. Cronin, Scottish physician and novelist († 1981)
• 1896 » Bob Meusel, American baseball player and sailor († 1977)
• 1896 » Reginald Baker, English film producer († 1985)