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Birthday September 12, 1895

• The temperature on September 12, 1895 was about 15.7 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • February 9 » William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball.
  • April 8 » In Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. the Supreme Court of the United States declares unapportioned income tax to be unconstitutional.
  • August 31 » German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his navigable balloon.
  • September 18 » The Atlanta Exposition Speech on race relations is delivered by Booker T. Washington.
  • November 5 » George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
  • November 28 » The first American automobile race takes place over the 54 miles from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in approximately 10 hours.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1892 » Alfred A. Knopf, Sr., American publisher, founded Alfred A. Knopf Inc. († 1984)
• 1894 » Dorothy Maud Wrinch, Argentinian-English mathematician, biochemist and philosopher († 1976)
• 1894 » Kyuichi Tokuda, Japanese lawyer and politician († 1953)
• 1895 » Freymóður Jóhannsson, Icelandic painter and composer († 1973)
• 1897 » Irène Joliot-Curie, French chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1956)
• 1897 » Walter B. Gibson, American magician and author († 1985)