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Birthday October 9, 1882

• The temperature on October 9, 1882 was about 10.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1882: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • March 4 » Britain's first electric trams run in east London.
  • March 29 » The Knights of Columbus is established.
  • June 28 » The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.
  • July 26 » Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth.
  • September 30 » Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation.
  • December 6 » Transit of Venus, second and last of the 19th century.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1880 » Charlie Faust, American baseball player († 1915)
• 1883 » Maria Filotti, Greek-Romanian actress († 1956)
• 1886 » Rube Marquard, American baseball player and manager († 1980)
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