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Birthday June 19, 1898

• The temperature on June 19, 1898 was about 14.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • February 27 » King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
  • May 1 » Spanish–American War: Battle of Manila Bay: The Asiatic Squadron of the United States Navy destroys the Pacific Squadron of the Spanish Navy after a seven-hour battle. Spain loses all seven of its ships, and 381 Spanish sailors die. There are no American vessel losses or combat deaths.
  • June 10 » Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
  • August 13 » Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
  • September 21 » Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China.
  • October 1 » The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » Rajani Palme Dutt, English journalist and politician († 1974)
• 1896 » Wallis Simpson, American wife of Edward VIII († 1986)
• 1897 » Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1967)
• 1897 » Moe Howard, American comedian († 1975)
• 1902 » Guy Lombardo, Canadian-American violinist and bandleader († 1977)
• 1903 » Mary Callery, American-French sculptor and academic († 1977)