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Birthday April 6, 1896

• The temperature on April 6, 1896 was about 8.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • March 2 » The Battle of Adwa: The Italian Army defeated by the Ethiopian Army in Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia.
  • May 27 » The F4-strength St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing over $10-million in damage.
  • June 4 » Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.
  • June 15 » The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
  • July 28 » The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
  • September 21 » Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1892 » Donald Wills Douglas, Sr., American businessman, founded the Douglas Aircraft Company († 1981)
• 1892 » Lowell Thomas, American journalist and author († 1981)
• 1895 » Dudley Nichols, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1960)
• 1898 » Jeanne Hébuterne, French painter and author († 1920)
• 1900 » Leo Robin, American composer and songwriter († 1984)
• 1901 » Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian activist († 1925)