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Birthday January 22, 1886

• The temperature on January 22, 1886 was about -7.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. 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)
• 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.
  • 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 13 » A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
  • June 30 » The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
  • September 4 » American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.
  • November 14 » Friedrich Soennecken first developed the hole puncher, a type of office tool capable of punching small holes in paper.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1881 » Ira Thomas, American baseball player and manager († 1958)
• 1886 » John J. Becker, American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1961)
• 1887 » Helen Hoyt, American poet and author († 1972)
• 1889 » Amos Strunk, American baseball player and manager († 1979)
• 1889 » Henri Pélissier, French cyclist († 1935)
• 1890 » Fred M. Vinson, American judge and politician, 13th Chief Justice of the United States († 1953)