Family tree Smit, Zimmermann » Clarence Leroy Van Cleef (1895-± 1948)

Birthday February 14, 1895

• The temperature on February 14, 1895 was about -8.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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.
  • April 3 » The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
  • May 25 » The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang Jingsong as its president.
  • June 27 » The inaugural run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
  • 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.
  • December 28 » The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines.
  • December 28 » Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1892 » Radola Gajda, Czech commander and politician († 1948)
• 1894 » Jack Benny, American actor and producer († 1974)
• 1895 » Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist († 1973)
• 1895 » Wilhelm Burgdorf, German general († 1945)
• 1898 » Bill Tilman, English mountaineer and explorer († 1977)
• 1898 » Fritz Zwicky, Swiss-American physicist and astronomer († 1974)