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Birthday November 3, 1890

• The temperature on November 3, 1890 was about 6.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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.
  • April 7 » Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
  • July 26 » In Buenos Aires, Argentina the Revolución del Parque takes place, forcing President Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman's resignation.
  • August 6 » At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
  • September 25 » The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
  • October 12 » Uddevalla Suffrage Association is formed.
  • December 22 » Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kentville and Kingsport, Nova Scotia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1884 » Joseph William Martin, Jr., American publisher and politician, 49th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1968)
• 1887 » Samuil Marshak, Russian author and poet († 1964)
• 1890 » Eustáquio van Lieshout, Dutch-Brazilian priest and missionary († 1943)
• 1890 » Harry Stephen Keeler, American author († 1967)
• 1894 » Sofoklis Venizelos, Greek captain and politician, 133rd Prime Minister of Greece († 1964)
• 1894 » William George Barker, Canadian pilot and colonel, Victoria Cross recipient († 1930)