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Birthday July 21, 1886

• The temperature on July 21, 1886 was about 21.3 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. 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.
  • February 23 » Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of aluminium from the electrolysis of aluminium oxide, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister, Julia Brainerd Hall.
  • April 8 » William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
  • June 30 » The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
  • July 3 » Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.
  • July 4 » The Canadian Pacific Railway's first scheduled train from Montreal arrives in Port Moody on the Pacific coast, after six days of travel.
  • November 14 » Friedrich Soennecken first developed the hole puncher, a type of office tool capable of punching small holes in paper.

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• 1880 » Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak astronomer, general, and politician († 1919)
• 1882 » David Burliuk, Ukrainian author and illustrator († 1967)
• 1885 » Jacques Feyder, Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter († 1948)
• 1891 » Julius Saaristo, Finnish javelin thrower and soldier († 1969)
• 1893 » Hans Fallada, German author († 1947)
• 1896 » Sophie Bledsoe Aberle, Native American anthropologist, physician and nutritionist († 1996)