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Birthday October 8, 1898

• The temperature on October 8, 1898 was about 14.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. 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.
  • February 7 » Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse…!.
  • June 10 » Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
  • July 3 » A Spanish squadron, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is defeated by an American squadron under William T. Sampson in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
  • August 28 » Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "Pepsi-Cola".
  • September 2 » Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
  • December 26 » Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1895 » Juan Perón, Argentinian general and politician, 29th President of Argentina († 1974)
• 1895 » Zog I of Albania († 1961)
• 1896 » Julien Duvivier, French director, producer, and screenwriter († 1967)
• 1897 » Marcel Herrand, French actor († 1953)
• 1897 » Rouben Mamoulian, Georgian-American director and screenwriter († 1987)
• 1901 » Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and theorist († 1977)