Olson's Tree » Martha (Laura) Ida Morgan (1886-????)

Birthday October 16, 1886

• The temperature on October 16, 1886 was about 9.4 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 24 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In the year 1886: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 29 » Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
  • February 23 » Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of aluminium from the electrolysis of aluminium oxide, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister, Julia Brainerd Hall.
  • March 1 » The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
  • March 27 » Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
  • March 29 » John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta.
  • July 4 » The Canadian Pacific Railway's first scheduled train from Montreal arrives in Port Moody on the Pacific coast, after six days of travel.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1884 » Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor († 1916)
• 1886 » David Ben-Gurion, Polish-Israeli soldier and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel († 1973)
• 1888 » Eugene O'Neill, American playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1953)
• 1888 » Paul Popenoe, American founder of relationship counseling († 1979)
• 1890 » Maria Goretti, Italian martyr and saint († 1902)
• 1890 » Michael Collins, Irish general and politician, 2nd Irish Minister for Finance († 1922)