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Birthday July 11, 1896

• The temperature on July 11, 1896 was about 16.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • February 1 » La bohème premieres in Turin at the Teatro Regio (Turin), conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.
  • March 1 » Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.
  • March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
  • July 28 » The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
  • November 17 » The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.
  • December 30 » Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1892 » Thomas Mitchell, American actor, singer, and screenwriter († 1962)
• 1894 » Erna Mohr, German zoologist († 1968)
• 1895 » Dorothy Wilde, English author and poet († 1941)
• 1897 » Bull Connor, American police officer († 1973)
• 1899 » E. B. White, American essayist and journalist († 1985)
• 1899 » Wilfrid Israel, German businessman and philanthropist († 1943)