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Birthday April 30, 1892

• The temperature on April 30, 1892 was about 8.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 15 » James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
  • May 28 » In San Francisco, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.
  • July 4 » Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, causing Monday (July 4) to occur twice, resulting in a year with 367 days.
  • July 6 » Three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.
  • August 9 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
  • November 12 » Pudge Heffelfinger becomes the first professional American football player on record, participating in his first paid game for the Allegheny Athletic Association.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1888 » John Crowe Ransom, American poet, critic, and academic († 1974)
• 1893 » Harold Breen, Australian public servant († 1966)
• 1893 » Joachim von Ribbentrop, German soldier and politician, 14th German Reich Minister for Foreign Affairs († 1946)
• 1895 » Philippe Panneton, Canadian physician, academic, and diplomat († 1960)
• 1896 » Hans List, Austrian scientist and businessman, founded the AVL Engineering Company († 1996)
• 1896 » Reverend Gary Davis, American singer and guitarist († 1972)