Olson's Tree » Robert Allan Lancaster (1895-????)

Birthday September 9, 1895

• The temperature on September 9, 1895 was about 16.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 5 » Dreyfus affair: French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.
  • January 12 » The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom.
  • January 13 » First Italo-Ethiopian War: the war's opening battle, the Battle of Coatit, occurs; it is an Italian victory.
  • March 19 » Auguste and Louis Lumière record their first footage using their newly patented cinematograph.
  • June 11 » Paris–Bordeaux–Paris, sometimes called the first automobile race in history or the "first motor race", takes place.
  • September 3 » John Brallier becomes the first openly professional American football player, when he was paid US$10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12-0 win over the Jeanette Athletic Association.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1894 » Arthur Freed, American composer and producer († 1973)
• 1894 » Bert Oldfield, Australian cricketer and soldier († 1976)
• 1894 » Humphrey Mitchell, Canadian trade union leader and politician, 14th Canadian Minister of Labour († 1950)
• 1898 » Frankie Frisch, American baseball player and manager († 1973)
• 1899 » Neil Hamilton, American stage, film and television actor († 1984)
• 1899 » Waite Hoyt, American baseball player and sportscaster († 1984)