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Birthday September 6, 1896

• The temperature on September 6, 1896 was about 14.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • March 2 » The Battle of Adwa: The Italian Army defeated by the Ethiopian Army in Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia.
  • April 15 » Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
  • May 27 » The F4-strength St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing over $10-million in damage.
  • June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
  • August 16 » Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
  • September 21 » Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1890 » Clara Kimball Young, American actress and producer († 1960)
• 1892 » Edward Victor Appleton, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1965)
• 1893 » Claire Lee Chennault, American general and pilot († 1958)
• 1899 » Billy Rose, American composer and manager († 1966)
• 1900 » Julien Green, French-American author († 1998)
• 1900 » W. A. C. Bennett, Canadian businessman and politician, 25th Premier of British Columbia († 1979)