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Birthday July 28, 1898

• The temperature on July 28, 1898 was about 17.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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.
  • January 1 » New York, New York annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
  • 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.
  • May 8 » The first games of the Italian football league system are played.
  • July 3 » A Spanish squadron, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is defeated by an American squadron under William T. Sampson in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
  • November 5 » Negrese nationalists revolt against Spanish rule and establish the short-lived Republic of Negros.
  • December 10 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » Barbara La Marr, American actress and screenwriter († 1926)
• 1898 » Lawrence Gray, American actor († 1970)
• 1901 » Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1979)
• 1901 » Rudy Vallée, American actor, singer, and saxophonist († 1986)
• 1902 » Albert Namatjira, Australian painter († 1959)
• 1902 » Sir Karl Popper, Austrian-English philosopher and academic († 1994)