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Birthday March 14, 1893

• The temperature on March 14, 1893 was about 8.8 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 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 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.
  • April 1 » The rank of Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy is established.
  • July 9 » Daniel Hale Williams, American heart surgeon, performs the first successful open-heart surgery in United States without anesthesia.
  • July 11 » A revolution led by the liberal general and politician José Santos Zelaya takes over state power in Nicaragua.
  • September 16 » Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma.
  • September 28 » Foundation of the Portuguese football club FC Porto.
  • December 4 » First Matabele War: A patrol of 34 British South Africa Company soldiers is ambushed and annihilated by more than 3,000 Matabele warriors on the Shangani River in Matabeleland.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1885 » Raoul Lufbery, French-American soldier and pilot († 1918)
• 1886 » Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist († 1964)
• 1887 » Sylvia Beach, American-French publisher, founded Shakespeare and Company († 1962)
• 1898 » Reginald Marsh, French-American painter and illustrator († 1954)
• 1899 » K. C. Irving, Canadian businessman, founded Irving Oil († 1992)
• 1901 » Sid Atkinson, South African hurdler and long jumper († 1977)