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Birthday May 18, 1913

• The temperature on May 18, 1913 was between 6.2 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 13 » The 13th Dalai Lama proclaims Tibetan independence following a period of domination by Manchu Qing dynasty and initiated a period of almost four decades of independence.
  • March 18 » King George I of Greece is assassinated in the recently liberated city of Thessaloniki.
  • March 20 » Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Chinese Nationalist Party, is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.
  • March 31 » The Vienna Concert Society rioted during a performance of modernist music by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Alexander von Zemlinsky, and Anton von Webern, causing a premature end to the concert due to violence; this concert became known as the Skandalkonzert.
  • May 14 » Governor of New York William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100million donation from John D. Rockefeller.
  • October 10 » U.S. President Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Perry Como, American singer and television host († 2001)
• 1912 » Richard Brooks, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1992)
• 1912 » Walter Sisulu, South African politician († 2003)
• 1913 » Jane Birdwood, Baroness Birdwood, Canadian-English publisher and politician († 2000)
• 1914 » Boris Christoff, Bulgarian-Italian opera singer († 1993)
• 1914 » Pierre Balmain, French fashion designer, founded Balmain († 1982)