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Birthday July 8, 1898

• The temperature on July 8, 1898 was about 15.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • April 25 » Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
  • July 1 » Spanish–American War: The Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
  • July 7 » US President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.
  • July 25 » Spanish-American War: The American invasion of Spanish-held Puerto Rico begins, as United States Army troops under General Nelson A. Miles land and secure the port at Guánica.
  • August 13 » Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engage in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.
  • August 29 » The Goodyear tire company is founded.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1892 » Richard Aldington, English author and poet († 1962)
• 1893 » R. Carlyle Buley, American historian and author († 1968)
• 1894 » Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1984)
• 1895 » Igor Tamm, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
• 1898 » Melville Ruick, American actor († 1972)
• 1900 » George Antheil, American pianist, composer, and author († 1959)