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Birthday June 9, 1883

• The temperature on June 9, 1883 was about 18.6 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. 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 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 1883: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • March 28 » Tonkin Campaign: French victory in the Battle of Gia Cuc.
  • May 30 » In New York City, a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge killed twelve people.
  • June 16 » The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England, kills 183 children.
  • October 4 » First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
  • October 20 » Peru and Chile sign the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.
  • December 16 » Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1875 » Henry Hallett Dale, English pharmacologist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1968)
• 1879 » Harry DeBaecke, American rower († 1961)
• 1882 » Robert Kerr, Irish-Canadian sprinter and coach († 1963)
• 1885 » Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski, Polish general and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Poland († 1962)
• 1890 » Leslie Banks, English actor, director, and producer († 1952)
• 1891 » Cole Porter, American composer and songwriter († 1964)