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Birthday June 25, 1888

• The temperature on June 25, 1888 was about 29.7 °C. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 48%. 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 Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • March 15 » Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.
  • June 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
  • August 14 » An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord", one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London, England.
  • August 31 » Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.
  • October 21 » Foundation of the Swiss Social Democratic Party.
  • October 29 » The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1884 » Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, German-French art collector and historian († 1979)
• 1884 » Géza Gyóni, Hungarian soldier and poet († 1917)
• 1886 » Henry H. Arnold, American general († 1950)
• 1887 » Frigyes Karinthy, Hungarian author, poet, and journalist († 1938)
• 1887 » George Abbott, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1995)
• 1892 » Shirō Ishii, Japanese microbiologist and general († 1959)