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Birthday September 26, 1875

The temperature on September 26, 1875 was about 19.6 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%. Source: KNMI
Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
In the year 1875: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- January 5 » The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated in Paris.
- March 3 » Georges Bizet's opera Carmen receives its première at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
- April 4 » Vltava, composed by Czech composer Bedřich Smetana and also known by its German name Die Moldau, premiered in Prague.
- April 10 » India: Arya Samaj is founded in Mumbai by Swami Dayananda Saraswati to propagate his goal of social reform.
- May 17 » Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby with the jockey Oliver Lewis (2:37.75)
- August 25 » Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 21 hours and 45 minutes.

Day of marriage July 2, 1902

The temperature on July 2, 1902 was between 9.7 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (29%). 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
- March 7 » Second Boer War: Boers, led by Koos de la Rey, inflict the biggest defeat upon the British since the beginning of the war, at Tweebosch.
- April 20 » Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
- May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
- May 31 » Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
- July 17 » Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
- November 21 » The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeated the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39–0, in the first ever professional American football night game.

Day of death April 29, 1942

The temperature on April 29, 1942 was between 3.2 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 13.4 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
- January 12 » World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the National War Labor Board.
- February 19 » World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs executive order 9066, allowing the United States military to relocate Japanese Americans to internment camps.
- July 10 » World War II: An American pilot spots a downed, intact Mitsubishi A6M Zero on Akutan Island (the "Akutan Zero") that the US Navy uses to learn the aircraft's flight characteristics.
- July 23 » World War II: The German offensives Operation Edelweiss and Operation Braunschweig begin.
- November 8 » World War II: French Resistance coup in Algiers, in which 400 civilian French patriots neutralize Vichyist XIXth Army Corps after 15 hours of fighting, and arrest several Vichyist generals, allowing the immediate success of Operation Torch in Algiers.
- November 30 » World War II: Battle of Tassafaronga; A smaller squadron of Japanese destroyers led by Raizō Tanaka defeats a U.S. cruiser force under Carleton H. Wright.

Source: Wikipedia

1873 » Wacław Berent, Polish author and translator († 1940)
1874 » Lewis Hine, American photographer and activist († 1940)
1875 » Edmund Gwenn, English-American actor and singer († 1959)
1876 » Edith Abbott, American economist, social worker, and author († 1957)
1876 » Ghulam Bhik Nairang, Indian poet, lawyer, and politician († 1952)
1877 » Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist and academic († 1963)

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1933 » Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet and journalist (b. 1863)
1937 » William Gillette, American actor and playwright (b. 1853)
1944 » Bernardino Machado, Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd President of Portugal (b. 1851)
1945 » Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, German SS officer (b. 1893)
1947 » Irving Fisher, American economist and statistician (b. 1867)
1951 » Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (b. 1889)

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