What Happened on July 5, 1886

Famous Birthdays

Felix Timmermans, Flemish painter and illustrator (Pallieter), born in Lier, Belgium (d. 1947)

Nathaniel Niles (1886-1932)

American tennis player (US Open mixed doubles 1908; US Open men's singles 1917 runner-up) and figure skater (US C'ship gold singles 1918, 25, 27), born in Boston, Massachusetts

Willem Drees, Dutch statesman of the Labour Party (PvdA) and Prime Minister of the Netherlands, born in Amsterdam (d. 1988)

Born in 1886

Famous Deaths

Hendrik Gerhard, Dutch tailor, workers' rights activist (founder - Dutch Chapter of International Workingmen's Association), and "father of socialism in the Netherland " (Chairman of Dutch Social-Democratic (SDB) political party), dies at 57
Henry Gerhard, founder (Social-Democratic Union), dies at 57

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