Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » Christina Jacoba Oosthuizen (1892-????)

Birthday October 18, 1892

• The temperature on October 18, 1892 was about 4.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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 1892: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • June 11 » The Limelight Department, one of the world's first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia.
  • July 6 » Three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.
  • July 7 » The Katipunan is established, the discovery of which by Spanish authorities initiated the Philippine Revolution.
  • September 9 » Amalthea, third moon of Jupiter is discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard.
  • October 12 » The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools.
  • November 12 » Pudge Heffelfinger becomes the first professional American football player on record, participating in his first paid game for the Allegheny Athletic Association.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1887 » Takashi Sakai, Japanese general and politician, Governor of Hong Kong († 1946)
• 1888 » Paul Vermoyal, French actor († 1925)
• 1893 » George Ohsawa, Japanese philosopher and academic († 1966)
• 1893 » Sidney Holland, New Zealand lieutenant and politician, 25th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1961)
• 1894 » H. L. Davis, American author and poet († 1960)
• 1894 » Tibor Déry, Hungarian author and translator († 1977)