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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 24 » Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
  • May 6 » The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.
  • June 6 » The Shewan forces of Menelik II of Ethiopia defeat the Gojjame army in the Battle of Embabo. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the Abay River.
  • September 4 » The Pearl Street Station in New York City becomes the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers.
  • September 30 » Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1877 » Gopabandhu Das, Indian journalist, poet, and activist († 1928)
• 1879 » Max von Laue, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1960)
• 1880 » Charlie Faust, American baseball player († 1915)
• 1883 » Maria Filotti, Greek-Romanian actress († 1956)
• 1886 » Rube Marquard, American baseball player and manager († 1980)
• 1888 » Nikolai Bukharin, Russian journalist and politician († 1938)