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Birthday May 28, 1887

• The temperature on May 28, 1887 was about 13.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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 1887: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • February 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
  • April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
  • June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
  • June 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
  • July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
  • November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1884 » Edvard Beneš, Czech academic and politician, 2nd President of Czechoslovakia († 1948)
• 1886 » Santo Trafficante, Sr., Italian-American mobster († 1954)
• 1888 » Jim Thorpe, American decathlete, football player, and coach († 1953)
• 1888 » Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian journalist and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Estonia († 1942)
• 1888 » Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot, English author and educator († 1947)
• 1889 » Richard Réti, Slovak-Czech chess player and author († 1929)