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Birthday October 20, 1884

• The temperature on October 20, 1884 was about 10.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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.
  • March 27 » A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
  • May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day 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 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
  • October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
  • December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.

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• 1882 » Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-American actor († 1956)
• 1882 » Margaret Dumont, American actress († 1965)
• 1885 » Jelly Roll Morton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (Red Hot Peppers and New Orleans Rhythm Kings) († 1941)
• 1887 » Prince Yasuhiko Asaka of Japan († 1981)
• 1889 » Johann Gruber, Austrian priest and saint († 1944)
• 1890 » Aleksander Maaker, Estonian bagpipe player († 1968)