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Birthday April 9, 1884

• The temperature on April 9, 1884 was about 9.3 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. 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 1884: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 4 » The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
  • February 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
  • May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
  • May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
  • May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
  • June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1880 » Jan Letzel, Czech architect († 1925)
• 1882 » Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin († 1946)
• 1882 » Otz Tollen, German actor († 1965)
• 1883 » Frank King, American cartoonist († 1969)
• 1887 » Konrad Tom, Polish actor, writer, singer, and director († 1957)
• 1888 » Sol Hurok, Ukrainian-American talent manager († 1974)