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Birthday November 8, 1898

• The temperature on November 8, 1898 was about 13.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 1 » New York, New York annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
  • June 12 » Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.
  • June 27 » The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
  • August 12 » The Hawaiian flag is lowered from ʻIolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawaii to the United States.
  • August 13 » Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
  • August 23 » The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1893 » Prajadhipok, Thai king († 1941)
• 1896 » Bucky Harris, American baseball player and manager († 1977)
• 1896 » Erika Abels d'Albert, Austrian painter and graphic artist († 1975)
• 1897 » Dorothy Day, American journalist and activist († 1980)
• 1898 » Marie Prevost, Canadian-American actress and singer († 1937)
• 1900 » Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author († 1949)