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Birthday July 28, 1884

• The temperature on July 28, 1884 was about 19.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%. 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.
  • January 4 » The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
  • February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
  • February 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
  • October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
  • October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
  • November 1 » The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1874 » Ernst Cassirer, Polish-American philosopher and academic († 1945)
• 1879 » Lucy Burns, American activist, co-founded the National Woman's Party († 1966)
• 1879 » Stefan Filipkiewicz, Polish painter († 1944)
• 1887 » Marcel Duchamp, French-American painter and sculptor († 1968)
• 1887 » Willard Price, Canadian-American journalist and author († 1983)
• 1893 » Rued Langgaard, Danish organist and composer († 1952)