1893 Calendar
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1893 Historical Event(s)
January 13, 1893
– The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting.
February 28, 1893
– The USS Indiana, the lead ship of her class and the first battleship in the United States Navy comparable to foreign battleships of the time, is launched.
March 1, 1893
– Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
April 1, 1893
– The rank of Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy is established.
April 8, 1893
– The first recorded college basketball game occurs in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.
May 1, 1893
– The World’s Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago.
June 7, 1893
– Mohandas Gandhi’s first act of civil disobedience.
June 20, 1893
– Lizzie Borden is acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother.
July 11, 1893
– The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kokichi Mikimoto.
December 4, 1893
– First Matabele War: A patrol of 34 British South Africa Police officers is killed in battle by an estimated 3,000 Ndebele on the Shangani River in Matabeleland.
Who Were Born On 1893?
January 1, 1893
– Mordehai Frizis, Greek Army officer (d. 1940)
January 13, 1893
– Clark Ashton Smith, American writer (d. 1961)
January 22, 1893
– Conrad Veidt, German actor (d. 1943)
June 24, 1893
– Roy O. Disney, American co-founder of the Walt Disney Company (d. 1971)
July 2, 1893
– Ralph Hancock, Welsh garden designer (Rockefeller Center) (d. 1950)
August 1, 1893
– King Alexander I of Greece (d. 1920)
August 31, 1893
– Lily Laskine, French harpist (d. 1988)
October 15, 1893
– King Carol II of Romania, (d. 1953)
November 8, 1893
– Prajadhipok, Rama VII, king of Thailand (d. 1941)
December 12, 1893
– Edward G. Robinson, American actor (d. 1973)