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Birthday October 23, 1886

• The temperature on October 23, 1886 was about 9.3 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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.
  • June 10 » Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and burying the famous Pink and White Terraces. Eruptions continue for three months creating a large, 17km long fissure across the mountain peak.
  • June 30 » The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
  • July 3 » The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
  • October 28 » President Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
  • November 14 » Friedrich Soennecken first developed the hole puncher, a type of office tool capable of punching small holes in paper.
  • November 30 » The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1880 » Dominikus Böhm, German architect († 1955)
• 1880 » Una O'Connor, Irish-American actress and singer († 1959)
• 1883 » Hugo Wast, Argentine writer († 1962)
• 1885 » Lawren Harris, Canadian painter and educator († 1970)
• 1888 » Onésime Gagnon, Canadian scholar and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec († 1961)
• 1892 » Speckled Red, American blues/boogie-woogie piano player and singer-songwriter († 1973)