Olson's Tree » William Thaw (1893-1934)
Personal data William Thaw
Source 1- He was born on August 12, 1893 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA.
- He died on April 22, 1934 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA, he was 40 years old.
- A child of Benjamin Thaw and Elma Ellsworth Dows
Household of William Thaw
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Birthday August 12, 1893
- The temperature on August 12, 1893 was about 19.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 21 » The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana.
- July 11 » A revolution led by the liberal general and politician José Santos Zelaya takes over state power in Nicaragua.
- August 14 » France becomes the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration.
- September 28 » Foundation of the Portuguese football club FC Porto.
- November 7 » Women's suffrage: Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote, the second state to do so.
- November 12 » Abdur Rahman Khan accepts the Durand Line as the border between Afghanistan and the British Raj.
Day of death April 22, 1934
- The temperature on April 22, 1934 was between 5.1 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
- January 26 » German–Polish Non-Aggression Pact is signed.
- January 26 » The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem, New York City.
- February 23 » Leopold III becomes King of Belgium.
- April 12 » The U.S. Auto-Lite strike begins, culminating in a five-day melee between Ohio National Guard troops and 6,000 strikers and picketers.
- September 26 » The ocean liner RMSQueen Mary is launched.
- December 11 » Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the final time.
Same birth/death day
- 1887 » Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1961)
- 1889 » Zerna Sharp, American author and educator († 1981)
- 1891 » C. E. M. Joad, English philosopher and academic († 1953)
- 1891 » John McDermott, American golfer († 1971)
- 1892 » Alfred Lunt, American actor and director († 1977)
- 1897 » Maurice Fernandes, Guyanese cricketer († 1981)
- 1925 » André Caplet, French composer and conductor (b. 1878)
- 1929 » Henry Lerolle, French painter and art collector (b. 1848)
- 1932 » Ferenc Oslay, Hungarian-Slovene historian and author (b. 1883)
- 1933 » Henry Royce, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (b. 1863)
- 1944 » Nikolaos Roussen, Greek captain (b. 1913)
- 1945 » Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1900)
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Charles Olson, "Olson's Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/olsons-tree/P14332.php : accessed January 6, 2026), "William Thaw (1893-1934)".