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Birthday August 16, 1886

  • The temperature on August 16, 1886 was about 19.9 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. 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.
    • January 18 » Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
    • 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 13 » A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
    • July 3 » The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
    • July 4 » The Canadian Pacific Railway's first scheduled train from Montreal arrives in Port Moody on the Pacific coast, after six days of travel.
    • September 4 » American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.

Day of death February 18, 1985

  • The temperature on February 18, 1985 was between -9.8 °C and -0.9 °C and averaged -5.5 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1985: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
    • January 7 » Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches Sakigake, Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union.
    • April 21 » The compound of the militant group The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord surrenders to federal authorities in Arkansas after a two-day government siege.
    • May 20 » Radio Martí, part of the Voice of America service, begins broadcasting to Cuba.
    • August 23 » Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to East Germany.
    • September 19 » Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Center as Frank Zappa and other musicians testify at U.S. Congressional hearings on obscenity in rock music.
    • November 19 » Pennzoil wins a US$10.53 billion judgment against Texaco, in the largest civil verdict in the history of the United States, stemming from Texaco executing a contract to buy Getty Oil after Pennzoil had entered into an unsigned, yet still binding, buyout contract with Getty.


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  • 1882 » Désiré Mérchez, French swimmer and water polo player († 1968)
  • 1884 » Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourger-American author and publisher († 1967)
  • 1888 » Armand J. Piron, American violinist, composer, and bandleader († 1943)
  • 1888 » T. E. Lawrence, British colonel, diplomat, writer and archaeologist († 1935)
  • 1892 » Hal Foster, Canadian-American author and illustrator († 1982)
  • 1892 » Otto Messmer, American cartoonist and animator, co-created Felix the Cat († 1983)

Source: Wikipedia


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