Otto E. Huiswoud was born October 28 , 1893 , in Paramaribo , a South American coastal city in what was then the Dutch colony of Surinam .
Is today the capital of the independent country of Suriname .
Otto E. Huiswoud was born October 28 , 1893 , in Paramaribo , a South American coastal city in what was then the Dutch colony of Surinam and is today the capital of the independent country of Suriname .