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Birthday July 23, 1892

• The temperature on July 23, 1892 was about 15.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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.
  • February 29 » St. Petersburg, Florida is incorporated.
  • July 6 » Three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.
  • July 26 » Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
  • September 22 » Lindal Railway Incident, providing inspiration for "The Lost Special" by A.C. Doyle and the TV serial Lost.
  • November 8 » The New Orleans general strike begins, uniting black and white American trade unionists in a successful four-day general strike action for the first time.
  • December 17 » First issue of Vogue is published.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1886 » Salvador de Madariaga, Spanish historian and diplomat († 1978)
• 1888 » Raymond Chandler, American crime novelist and screenwriter († 1959)
• 1891 » Louis T. Wright, American surgeon and civil rights activist († 1952)
• 1892 » Haile Selassie, Ethiopian emperor († 1975)
• 1894 » Arthur Treacher, English-American actor and television personality († 1975)
• 1895 » Aileen Pringle, American actress († 1989)