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Birthday December 21, 1890

• The temperature on December 21, 1890 was about -2.8 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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.
  • January 1 » Eritrea is consolidated into a colony by the Italian government.
  • June 1 » The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
  • July 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act.
  • July 10 » Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
  • August 6 » At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
  • August 7 » Anna Månsdotter became the last woman to be executed in Sweden for the 1889 Yngsjö murder.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1888 » Jean Bouin, French runner and rugby player († 1914)
• 1889 » Sewall Wright, American geneticist and biologist († 1988)
• 1890 » Hermann Joseph Muller, American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1967)
• 1891 » John William McCormack, American lawyer and politician, 53rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1980)
• 1892 » Rebecca West, English journalist and author († 1983)
• 1892 » Walter Hagen, American golfer († 1969)