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Birthday June 30, 1883

• The temperature on June 30, 1883 was about 27.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1883: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 16 » The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, is enacted by Congress.
  • May 20 » Krakatoa begins to erupt; the volcano explodes three months later, killing more than 36,000 people.
  • July 10 » War of the Pacific: Chileans led by Alejandro Gorostiaga defeat Andrés Avelino Cáceres's Peruvuan army at the Battle of Huamachuco, hastening the end of the war.
  • August 12 » The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  • August 21 » An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
  • October 4 » First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1884 » Georges Duhamel, French author and critic († 1966)
• 1889 » Archibald Frazer-Nash, English motor car designer, engineer and founder of Frazer Nash († 1965)
• 1890 » Paul Boffa, Maltese physician and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Malta († 1962)
• 1891 » Ed Lewis, American wrestler and manager († 1966)
• 1891 » Man Mountain Dean, American wrestler and sergeant († 1953)
• 1891 » Stanley Spencer, English painter († 1959)