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Birthday September 7, 1915

• The temperature on September 7, 1915 was between 6.8 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
  • February 12 » In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
  • April 22 » The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres.
  • May 7 » The Republic of China accedes to 13 of the 21 Demands, extending the Empire of Japan's control over Manchuria and the Chinese economy.
  • July 16 » Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
  • July 24 » The passenger ship SSEastland capsizes while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew are killed in the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
  • December 20 » World War I: The last Australian troops are evacuated from Gallipoli.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield, English soldier and courtier († 1999)
• 1914 » Graeme Bell, Australian pianist and composer († 2012)
• 1914 » James Van Allen, American physicist and philosopher († 2006)
• 1914 » Lída Baarová, Czech-Austrian actress († 2000)
• 1915 » Kiyosi Itô, Japanese mathematician and academic († 2008)
• 1915 » Pedro Reginaldo Lira, Argentinian bishop († 2012)