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Birthday December 30, 1878

• The temperature on December 30, 1878 was about 10.5 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 4 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Sofia is liberated from Ottoman rule and designated the capital of Liberated Bulgaria.
  • February 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
  • May 14 » The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.
  • July 1 » Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.
  • July 13 » Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman Empire.
  • October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1873 » Al Smith, American lawyer and politician, 42nd Governor of New York († 1944)
• 1878 » William Aberhart, Canadian evangelist and politician, 7th Premier of Alberta († 1943)
• 1879 » Ramana Maharshi, Indian guru and philosopher († 1950)
• 1883 » Archer Baldwin, American-English farmer and politician († 1966)
• 1883 » Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1960)
• 1884 » Hideki Tōjō, Japanese general and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan († 1948)