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Birthday March 27, 1913

• The temperature on March 27, 1913 was between 4.4 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • February 17 » The Armory Show opens in New York City, displaying works of artists who are to become some of the most influential painters of the early 20th century.
  • July 31 » The Balkan States sign an armistice in Bucharest.
  • October 9 » The steamship SSVolturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
  • October 14 » Senghenydd colliery disaster, the United Kingdom's worst coal mining accident, claims the lives of 439 miners.
  • November 9 » The Great Lakes Storm of 1913, the most destructive natural disaster ever to hit the lakes, reaches its greatest intensity after beginning two days earlier. The storm destroys 19 ships and kills more than 250 people.
  • December 1 » The Buenos Aires Metro, the first underground railway system in the Southern Hemisphere and in Latin America, begins operation.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1911 » Veronika Tushnova, Russian poet and physician († 1965)
• 1912 » James Callaghan, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 2005)
• 1913 » Theodor Dannecker, German SS officer († 1945)
• 1914 » Budd Schulberg, American author, screenwriter, and producer († 2009)
• 1914 » Richard Denning, American actor († 1998)
• 1915 » Robert Lockwood, Jr., American guitarist († 2006)