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Birthday May 8, 1888

• The temperature on May 8, 1888 was about 12.5 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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 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 1888: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • March 15 » Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.
  • August 5 » Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
  • September 8 » In England, the first six Football League matches are played.
  • September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
  • October 17 » Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).
  • October 29 » The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1885 » Thomas B. Costain, Canadian journalist and author († 1965)
• 1892 » Adriaan Pelt, Dutch journalist and diplomat († 1981)
• 1893 » Edd Roush, American baseball player and coach († 1988)
• 1893 » Francis Ouimet, American golfer († 1967)
• 1893 » Teddy Wakelam, English rugby player and sportscaster († 1963)