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Birthday July 14, 1895

• The temperature on July 14, 1895 was about 15.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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.
  • March 22 » Before the Société pour L'Encouragement à l'Industrie, brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrate movie film technology publicly for the first time.
  • April 3 » The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
  • May 7 » In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov lightning detector—a primitive radio receiver. In some parts of the former Soviet Union the anniversary of this day is celebrated as Radio Day.
  • August 31 » German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his navigable balloon.
  • November 8 » While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray.
  • 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

• 1889 » Marco de Gastyne, French painter and illustrator († 1982)
• 1893 » Clarence J. Brown, American publisher and politician, 36th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio († 1965)
• 1893 » Garimella Satyanarayana, Indian poet and author († 1952)
• 1894 » Dave Fleischer, American animator, director, and producer († 1979)
• 1896 » Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish soldier and anarchist († 1936)
• 1898 » Happy Chandler, American lawyer and politician, 49th Governor of Kentucky, second Commissioner of Baseball († 1991)