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Birthday April 28, 1881

  • The temperature on April 28, 1881 was about 8.2 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1881: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 25 » Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.
    • February 16 » The Canadian Pacific Railway is incorporated by Act of Parliament at Ottawa (44th Vic., c.1).
    • February 24 » China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
    • June 14 » The White Rajahs territories become the British protectorate of Sarawak.
    • July 14 » Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.
    • July 23 » The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.

Day of death April 9, 1903

  • The temperature on April 9, 1903 was between 2.8 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (56%). Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
    • June 11 » A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
    • June 16 » Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage.
    • July 20 » The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.
    • September 11 » The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
    • October 10 » The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.
    • November 18 » The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.


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  • 1874 » Karl Kraus, Austrian journalist and author († 1936)
  • 1874 » Sidney Toler, American actor and director († 1947)
  • 1876 » Nicola Romeo, Italian engineer and businessman († 1938)
  • 1878 » Lionel Barrymore, American actor and director († 1954)
  • 1886 » Art Shaw, American hurdler († 1955)
  • 1886 » Erich Salomon, German-born news photographer († 1944)

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