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Birthday July 31, 1884

• The temperature on July 31, 1884 was about 17.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 1884: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • February 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
  • June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
  • July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
  • July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
  • October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
  • December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1880 » Premchand, Indian author and playwright († 1936)
• 1883 » Ramón Fonst, Cuban fencer († 1959)
• 1884 » Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, Polish-German economist and politician († 1945)
• 1886 » Fred Quimby, American animation producer († 1965)
• 1886 » Salvatore Maranzano, Italian-American mob boss († 1931)
• 1887 » Hans Freyer, German sociologist and philosopher († 1969)