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Births on January 11

1895Jan, 11

Laurens Hammond

Laurens Hammond, American engineer and businessman, founded the Hammond Clock Company (d. 1973)
Laurens Hammond (January 11, 1895 – July 1, 1973), was an American engineer and inventor. His inventions include the Hammond organ, the Hammond clock, and the world's first polyphonic musical synthesizer, the Novachord.

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Events on 1895

  • 13Jan

    Battle of Coatit

    First Italo-Ethiopian War: the war's opening battle, the Battle of Coatit, occurs; it is an Italian victory.
  • 24Feb

    Cuban War of Independence

    Revolution breaks out in Baire, a town near Santiago de Cuba, beginning the Cuban War of Independence, that ends with the Spanish-American War in 1898.
  • 3Apr

    Oscar Wilde

    The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
  • 6Apr

    John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry

    Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London, after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.
  • 7May

    Alexander Stepanovich Popov

    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.