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Birthday January 14, 1892

• The temperature on January 14, 1892 was about -6.3 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Ellis Island begins processing immigrants into the United States.
  • June 7 » Homer Plessy is arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the "whites-only" car of a train; he lost the resulting court case, Plessy v. Ferguson.
  • July 4 » Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, causing Monday (July 4) to occur twice, resulting in a year with 367 days.
  • July 7 » The Katipunan is established, the discovery of which by Spanish authorities initiated the Philippine Revolution.
  • September 22 » Lindal Railway Incident, providing inspiration for "The Lost Special" by A.C. Doyle and the TV serial Lost.
  • December 17 » First issue of Vogue is published.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1887 » Hugo Steinhaus, Polish mathematician and academic († 1972)
• 1892 » George Wilson, English footballer († 1961)
• 1892 » Hal Roach, American actor, director, and producer († 1992)
• 1892 » Martin Niemöller, German pastor and theologian († 1984)
• 1894 » Ecaterina Teodoroiu, Romanian soldier and nurse († 1917)
• 1896 » John Dos Passos, American novelist, poet, and playwright († 1970)