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Birthday May 1, 1890

• The temperature on May 1, 1890 was about 13.9 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1890: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • June 1 » The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
  • July 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act.
  • July 10 » Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
  • July 27 » Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
  • September 12 » Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded.
  • September 25 » The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1891 » Lillian Estelle Fisher, American historian of Spanish America († 1988)
• 1895 » Nikolai Yezhov, Soviet secret police official, head of the NKVD († 1940)