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Birthday March 18, 1884

• The temperature on March 18, 1884 was about 18.4 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
  • June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
  • July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
  • October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
  • November 1 » The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.
  • December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1877 » Edgar Cayce, American mystic and psychic († 1945)
• 1878 » Percival Perry, 1st Baron Perry, English businessman († 1956)
• 1882 » Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer and educator († 1973)
• 1884 » Bernard Cronin, English-Australian journalist and author († 1968)
• 1886 » Edward Everett Horton, American actor, singer, and dancer († 1970)
• 1890 » Henri Decoin, French director and screenwriter († 1969)