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Birthday July 25, 1884

• The temperature on July 25, 1884 was about 18.3 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. 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.
  • February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
  • 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.
  • May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
  • October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.
  • November 1 » The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1882 » George S. Rentz, American commander († 1942)
• 1883 » Alfredo Casella, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1947)
• 1886 » Edward Cummins, American golfer († 1926)
• 1894 » Walter Brennan, American actor († 1974)