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Birthday January 22, 1893

• The temperature on January 22, 1893 was about -1.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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.
  • March 1 » Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
  • June 20 » Lizzie Borden is acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother.
  • November 1 » The Battle of Bembezi took place and was the most decisive battle won by the British in the First Matabele War of 1893.
  • November 12 » Abdur Rahman Khan accepts the Durand Line as the border between Afghanistan and the British Raj.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1890 » Fred M. Vinson, American judge and politician, 13th Chief Justice of the United States († 1953)
• 1891 » Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher and politician († 1937)
• 1892 » Marcel Dassault, French businessman, founded Dassault Aviation († 1986)
• 1893 » Conrad Veidt, German-American actor, director, and producer († 1943)