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Birthday March 16, 1913

• The temperature on March 16, 1913 was between 2.8 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
  • March 4 » The United States Department of Labor is formed.
  • June 4 » Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of King George V's horse at The Derby. She is trampled, never regains consciousness, and dies four days later.
  • June 19 » Natives Land Act, 1913 in South Africa implemented.
  • August 16 » Completion of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMSQueen Mary.
  • September 23 » Roland Garros of France becomes the first to fly in an airplane across the Mediterranean (from St. Raphael in France to Bizerte, Tunisia).
  • December 1 » Crete, having obtained self rule from Turkey after the First Balkan War, is annexed by Greece.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1911 » Philip Pavia, American painter and sculptor (d.2005)
• 1911 » Pierre Harmel, Belgian lawyer and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Belgium († 2009)
• 1912 » Pat Nixon, First Lady of the United States († 1993)
• 1913 » Rémy Raffalli, French soldier († 1952)
• 1915 » Kunihiko Kodaira, Japanese mathematician and academic († 1997)