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Birthday September 18, 1882

• The temperature on September 18, 1882 was about 11.7 °C. There was 9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 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 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 2 » Queen Victoria narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Roderick McLean in Windsor.
  • May 6 » Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are stabbed to death by Fenian assassins in Phoenix Park, Dublin.
  • June 28 » The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.
  • September 4 » The Pearl Street Station in New York City becomes the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers.
  • September 5 » The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
  • September 5 » Tottenham Hotspur, a Premier League football club from North London, is founded (as Hotspur F.C.).

Source: Wikipedia

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