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Birthday May 27, 1893

• The temperature on May 27, 1893 was about 12.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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.
  • January 6 » The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
  • January 13 » The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting.
  • January 21 » The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana.
  • April 6 » Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.
  • July 11 » A revolution led by the liberal general and politician José Santos Zelaya takes over state power in Nicaragua.
  • October 28 » Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1891 » Claude Champagne, Canadian violinist, pianist, and composer († 1965)
• 1891 » Jaan Kärner, Estonian poet and author († 1958)
• 1894 » Dashiell Hammett, American detective novelist and screenwriter († 1961)
• 1894 » Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French physician and author († 1961)
• 1895 » Douglas Lloyd Campbell, Canadian educator and politician, 13th Premier of Manitoba († 1995)
• 1897 » John Cockcroft, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1967)