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Birthday March 18, 1886

• The temperature on March 18, 1886 was about -0.1 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 1886: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 18 » Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
  • April 8 » William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
  • May 1 » Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day, culminating in the Haymarket affair in Chicago, in commemoration of which May 1 is celebrated as International Workers' Day in many countries.
  • May 4 » Haymarket affair: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.
  • July 4 » The Canadian Pacific Railway's first scheduled train from Montreal arrives in Port Moody on the Pacific coast, after six days of travel.
  • November 30 » The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1882 » Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer and educator († 1973)
• 1884 » Bernard Cronin, English-Australian journalist and author († 1968)
• 1886 » Edward Everett Horton, American actor, singer, and dancer († 1970)
• 1890 » Henri Decoin, French director and screenwriter († 1969)
• 1893 » Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist († 1978)
• 1893 » Wilfred Owen, English soldier and poet († 1918)