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Birthday December 25, 1892

• The temperature on December 25, 1892 was about -8.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Ellis Island begins processing immigrants into the United States.
  • February 29 » St. Petersburg, Florida is incorporated.
  • May 28 » In San Francisco, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.
  • June 6 » The Chicago "L" elevated rail system begins operation.
  • June 11 » The Limelight Department, one of the world's first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia.
  • July 7 » The Katipunan is established, the discovery of which by Spanish authorities initiated the Philippine Revolution.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1887 » Conrad Hilton, American entrepreneur († 1979)
• 1889 » Lila Bell Wallace, American publisher and philanthropist, co-founded Reader's Digest († 1984)
• 1890 » Noel Odell, English geologist and mountaineer († 1987)
• 1890 » Robert Ripley, American anthropologist and publisher († 1949)
• 1891 » Clarrie Grimmett, New Zealand-Australian cricketer († 1980)
• 1891 » Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson, Indian-English general and politician, Governor of Gibraltar († 1959)