Olson's Tree » William Greenough Thayer (1893-1970)

Birthday June 18, 1893

• The temperature on June 18, 1893 was about 22.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%. 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 6 » The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
  • August 14 » France becomes the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration.
  • August 15 » Ibadan area becomes a British Protectorate after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton.
  • August 27 » The Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000–2,000 people.
  • September 28 » Foundation of the Portuguese football club FC Porto.
  • December 4 » First Matabele War: A patrol of 34 British South Africa Company soldiers is ambushed and annihilated by more than 3,000 Matabele warriors on the Shangani River in Matabeleland.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1886 » George Mallory, English lieutenant and mountaineer († 1924)
• 1887 » Tancrède Labbé, Canadian businessman and politician († 1956)
• 1896 » Blanche Sweet, American actress († 1986)
• 1897 » Martti Marttelin, Finnish runner († 1940)
• 1900 » Vlasta Vraz, Czech-American relief worker, editor, and fundraiser († 1989)