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Birthday April 15, 1895

• The temperature on April 15, 1895 was about 4.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 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.
  • April 6 » Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London, after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.
  • 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.
  • May 25 » The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang Jingsong as its president.
  • September 3 » John Brallier becomes the first openly professional American football player, when he was paid US$10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12-0 win over the Jeanette Athletic Association.
  • November 27 » At the Swedish–Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after he dies.
  • 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 » Theo Osterkamp, German general and pilot († 1975)
• 1894 » Bessie Smith, African-American singer and actress († 1937)
• 1894 » Nikita Khrushchev, Russian general and politician, 7th Premier of the Soviet Union († 1971)
• 1895 » Abigail Mejia, Dominican feminist activist, nationalist, literary critic and educator († 1941)
• 1895 » Clark McConachy, New Zealand snooker player († 1980)
• 1896 » Nikolay Semyonov, Russian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1986)