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Birthday June 16, 1893

• The temperature on June 16, 1893 was about 23.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. 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 1893: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 13 » The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting.
  • January 21 » The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana.
  • February 28 » The USSIndiana, the lead ship of her class and the first battleship in the United States Navy comparable to foreign battleships of the time, is launched.
  • April 1 » The rank of Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy is established.
  • June 5 » The trial of Lizzie Borden for the murder of her father and step-mother begins in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
  • August 27 » The Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000–2,000 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1888 » Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician († 1925)
• 1888 » Peter Stoner, American mathematician and astronomer († 1980)
• 1890 » Stan Laurel, English actor and comedian († 1965)
• 1896 » Murray Leinster, American author and screenwriter († 1976)
• 1897 » Georg Wittig, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1987)
• 1899 » Helen Traubel, American operatic soprano († 1972)