Tripping down the Basse/Bass Past » "Our Baby" Graham (1893-< 1900)

Birthday June 27, 1893

• The temperature on June 27, 1893 was about 14.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 13 » The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting.
  • January 17 » Lorrin A. Thurston, along with the Citizens' Committee of Public Safety, led the Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the government of Queen Liliʻuokalani.
  • February 1 » Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey.
  • March 1 » Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
  • July 11 » The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kōkichi Mikimoto.
  • September 20 » Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1886 » Charlie Macartney, Australian cricketer and soldier († 1958)
• 1888 » Antoinette Perry, American actress and director († 1946)
• 1888 » Lewis Bernstein Namier, Polish-English historian and academic († 1960)
• 1892 » Paul Colin, French illustrator († 1985)
• 1899 » Juan Trippe, American businessman, founded Pan American World Airways († 1981)
• 1900 » Dixie Brown, British boxer († 1957)