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Birthday November 5, 1899

• The temperature on November 5, 1899 was about 14.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. Source: KNMI
• 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1899: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • March 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
  • April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
  • May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
  • June 12 » New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
  • July 11 » Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
  • July 17 » NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » Margaret Atwood Judson, American historian and author († 1991)
• 1900 » Ethelwynn Trewavas, British ichthyologist, over a dozen fish species named in her honor († 1993)
• 1900 » Martin Dies, Jr., American lawyer, judge, and politician († 1972)
• 1900 » Natalie Schafer, American actress († 1991)
• 1901 » Eddie Paynter, English cricketer († 1979)
• 1901 » Etta Moten Barnett, American actress and singer († 2004)