Genealogy Van Melzen » Aart Willem Leeflang (1893-????)

Birthday October 22, 1893

• The temperature on October 22, 1893 was about 11.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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.
  • March 1 » Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
  • April 1 » The rank of Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy is established.
  • April 6 » Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.
  • July 9 » Daniel Hale Williams, American heart surgeon, performs the first successful open-heart surgery in United States without anesthesia.
  • September 28 » Foundation of the Portuguese football club FC Porto.
  • December 23 » The opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1893 » Ernst Öpik, Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist († 1985)
• 1893 » Luis Otero, Spanish footballer († 1955).
• 1894 » Mei Lanfang, Chinese actor and singer († 1961)
• 1895 » Johnny Morrison, professional baseball player († 1966)
• 1896 » Charles Glen King, American biochemist and academic († 1988)
• 1896 » José Leitão de Barros, Portuguese film director and playwright († 1967).