Olson's Tree » Walter T. Sims (1896-1902)
Personal data Walter T. Sims
Source 1- He was born on August 25, 1896 in Indiana.
- He died on January 8, 1902, he was 5 years old.
- A child of John Wesley Sims and Lucinda Chaney
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Birthday August 25, 1896
- The temperature on August 25, 1896 was about 14.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 1896: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 4 » Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
- February 21 » An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fought an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing.
- March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
- May 18 » Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people.
- June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
- June 28 » An explosion in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that kills 58 miners.
Day of death January 8, 1902
- The temperature on January 8, 1902 was between 4.9 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
- April 18 » The 7.5 Mw Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800–2,000.
- May 8 » In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
- May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
- June 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
- October 24 » Guatemala's Santa María Volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.
- November 29 » The Pittsburgh Stars defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, 11–0 to win the first championship associated with an American national professional football league.
Same birth/death day
- 1893 » Henry Trendley Dean, American dentist († 1962)
- 1898 » Arthur Wood, English cricketer († 1973)
- 1898 » Helmut Hasse, German mathematician and academic († 1975)
- 1899 » Paul Herman Buck, American historian and author († 1978)
- 1900 » Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1981)
- 1900 » Isobel Hogg Kerr Beattie, Scottish architect († 1970)
- 1896 » Paul Verlaine, French poet and writer (b. 1844)
- 1896 » William Rainey Marshall, American banker and politician, 5th Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825)
- 1901 » John Barry, Irish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)
- 1912 » Friedrich Schrempf, German journalist and politician (b. 1858)
- 1914 » Simon Bolivar Buckner, American general and 30th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1823)
- 1916 » Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor (b. 1884)
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Charles Olson, "Olson's Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/olsons-tree/P3423.php : accessed February 24, 2026), "Walter T. Sims (1896-1902)".