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Birthday January 10, 1884

• The temperature on January 10, 1884 was about 4.8 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 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)
• 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.
  • May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
  • May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
  • June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
  • August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
  • October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
  • December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1878 » John McLean, American hurdler, football player, and coach († 1955)
• 1880 » Manuel Azaña, Spanish jurist and politician, 7th President of Spain († 1940)
• 1883 » Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Russian journalist, author, and poet († 1945)
• 1883 » Francis X. Bushman, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1966)
• 1887 » Robinson Jeffers, American poet and philosopher († 1962)
• 1890 » Pina Menichelli, Italian actress († 1984)