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Birthday September 24, 1888

• The temperature on September 24, 1888 was about 16.2 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 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 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.
  • March 20 » The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
  • May 12 » In Southeast Asia, the North Borneo Chartered Company's territories become the British protectorate of North Borneo.
  • October 17 » Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).
  • October 21 » Foundation of the Swiss Social Democratic Party.
  • December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1884 » İsmet İnönü, Turkish general and politician, 2nd President of Turkey († 1973)
• 1884 » Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist († 1963)
• 1884 » Hugo Schmeisser, German weapons designer and engineer († 1953)
• 1885 » Artur Lemba, Estonian pianist, composer, and educator († 1963)
• 1890 » A. P. Herbert, English author and playwright († 1971)
• 1890 » Mike González, Cuban baseball player, coach, and manager († 1977)