Clarence Higgins (1893 - 1949)

Clarence's immediate relatives including parents, siblings, partnerships and children in the Higgins family tree.

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Clarence's Family

Higgins John Higgins

Sheila George Higgins

Clarence Higgins

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Higgins John Higgins

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Sheila George Higgins

Unknown - Unknown

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Messinger Family Gathering

Added: Nov 07, 2018

Samuel Wilson Higgins

Added: Aug 29, 2017

Lucille (Higgins) Marshall

Added: Jan 04, 2016

Lincoln School, Illinois Fifth Grade

Added: Feb 19, 2015

Old Woods School, Virginia

Added: Jan 01, 2013

Janice Higgins

Added: Feb 06, 2012

Sarah and Maria Keeton and Family

Added: Dec 26, 2011

Georgiana Higgins, Betsy Ross of the Capitol

Added: Sep 19, 2011

Guardian

Added: Jun 30, 2011

unknown portrait

Added: Feb 16, 2011

military ID (dependent)

Added: Jul 18, 2010

gourge

Added: Jul 18, 2010

08-09 wresling

Added: Jul 18, 2010

Cody

Added: Jul 18, 2010

706 2nd St.

Added: Jul 18, 2010

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In 1893, in the year that Clarence Higgins was born, on May 5th, a crash on the New York Stock Exchange started a depression that lasted 4 years. It was the beginning of the Panic of 1893.

In 1911, he was 18 years old when the first use of aircraft as an offensive weapon occurred in the Turkish-Italian War. First used for aerial reconnaissance alone, planes were then used in aerial combat to shoot down recon planes. In World War I, planes and zeppelins evolved for use in bombing.

In 1920, he was 27 years old when on November 2, radio station KDKA began broadcasting in Pittsburgh, PA. This was the first commercial radio broadcast in the United States. Westinghouse, a leading manufacturer of radios and the backer of the station, chose the date because of the Presidential election. People liked it because they could hear about the results of the election between Harding and Cox before the morning papers arrived. Four years later, there were 600 commercial stations broadcasting in the U.S.

In 1931, Clarence was 38 years old when on May 1st, the Empire State Building opened in New York City. At 1,454 feet (including the roof and antenna), it was the tallest building in the world until the World Trade Center's North Tower was built in 1970. (It is now the 34th tallest.) Opening at the beginning of the Great Depression, most of the offices in the Empire State Building remained unoccupied for years and the observation deck was an equal source of revenue and kept the building profitable.

In 1949, in the year of Clarence Higgins's passing, comedian Milton Berle hosted the first telethon show. It raised $1,100,000 for cancer research and lasted 16 hours. The next day, newspapers, in writing about the event, first used the word "telethon."