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Birthday April 7, 1884

• The temperature on April 7, 1884 was about 14.9 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. 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.
  • March 27 » A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
  • July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
  • August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
  • November 1 » The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.
  • December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1882 » Bert Ironmonger, Australian cricketer († 1971)
• 1882 » Kurt von Schleicher, German general and politician, 23rd Chancellor of Germany († 1934)
• 1883 » Gino Severini, Italian-French painter and author († 1966)
• 1884 » Clement Smoot, American golfer († 1963)
• 1886 » Ed Lafitte, American baseball player and soldier († 1971)
• 1889 » Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)