Olson's Tree » William Nelson Trout (Grout) (1898-1966)

Birthday October 9, 1898

• The temperature on October 9, 1898 was about 15.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • April 20 » U.S. President William McKinley signed a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of war against Spain, beginning the Spanish–American War.
  • April 22 » Spanish–American War: The USSNashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
  • August 24 » Count Muravyov, Foreign Minister of Russia presents a rescript that convoked the First Hague Peace Conference.
  • September 10 » Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
  • October 6 » Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the New England Conservatory of Music.
  • October 18 » The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » M. Bhaktavatsalam, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th Chief Minister of Madras State († 1987)
• 1898 » Joe Sewell, American baseball player and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame († 1990)
• 1898 » Tawfiq al-Hakim, Egyptian author and playwright († 1987)
• 1899 » Bruce Catton, American historian and author († 1978)
• 1900 » Alastair Sim, Scottish-English actor and academic († 1976)
• 1900 » Joseph Friedman, American inventor, invented the bendy straw († 1982)