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Birthday June 26, 1890

• The temperature on June 26, 1890 was about 18.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1890: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • April 14 » The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.
  • August 6 » At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
  • October 1 » Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
  • November 23 » King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to succeed him.
  • November 29 » The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.
  • December 30 » Following the Wounded Knee Massacre, the United States Army and Lakota warriors face off in the Drexel Mission Fight.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1881 » Ya'akov Cohen, Israeli linguist, poet, and playwright († 1960)
• 1892 » Pearl S. Buck, American novelist, essayist, short story writer Nobel Prize laureate († 1973)
• 1893 » Dorothy Fuldheim, American journalist and news anchor(† 1989)
• 1895 » George Hainsworth, Canadian ice hockey player and politician († 1950)
• 1898 » Chesty Puller, US general († 1971)
• 1898 » Willy Messerschmitt, German engineer and businessman († 1978)