Scherek Arbol » Alfred Cleveland Blumenthal (1885-1959)

Birthday July 29, 1885

• The temperature on July 29, 1885 was about 16.6 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. 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 1885: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • March 19 » Louis Riel declares a provisional government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.
  • May 2 » Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
  • July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
  • July 6 » Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
  • September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
  • September 12 » Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord, a world record scoreline in professional Association football.

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• 1883 » Benito Mussolini, Italian fascist revolutionary and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Italy († 1945)
• 1883 » Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and author († 1942)
• 1884 » Ralph Austin Bard, American financier and politician, 2nd Under Secretary of the Navy († 1975)
• 1885 » Theda Bara, American actress († 1955)
• 1887 » Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-American pianist and composer († 1951)
• 1888 » Vladimir K. Zworykin, Russian-American engineer, invented the Iconoscope († 1982)