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Birthday April 4, 1893

• The temperature on April 4, 1893 was about 10.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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.
  • July 11 » The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kōkichi Mikimoto.
  • August 27 » The Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000–2,000 people.
  • September 19 » In New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governor, giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.
  • September 20 » Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.
  • October 28 » Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death.
  • November 7 » Women's suffrage: Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote, the second state to do so.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1888 » Tris Speaker, American baseball player and manager († 1958)
• 1889 » Makhanlal Chaturvedi, Indian journalist, poet, and playwright († 1968)
• 1892 » Italo Mus, Italian painter († 1967)
• 1895 » Arthur Murray, American dancer and educator († 1991)
• 1896 » Robert E. Sherwood, American playwright and screenwriter († 1955)
• 1897 » Pierre Fresnay, French actor and screenwriter († 1975)