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Birthday November 30, 1898

• The temperature on November 30, 1898 was about 3.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 7 » Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse…!.
  • April 20 » U.S. President William McKinley signed a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of war against Spain, beginning the Spanish–American War.
  • 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.
  • August 29 » The Goodyear tire company is founded.
  • September 18 » The Fashoda Incident triggers the last war scare between Britain and France.
  • October 18 » The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1889 » Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian, English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1977)
• 1889 » Reuvein Margolies, Ukrainian-Israeli author and scholar († 1971)
• 1898 » Firpo Marberry, American baseball player and manager († 1976)
• 1904 » Clyfford Still, American painter and educator († 1980)
• 1906 » Andrés Henestrosa, Mexican poet, linguist, and politician († 2008)
• 1906 » John Dickson Carr, American author and playwright († 1977)