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Birthday December 30, 1915

• The temperature on December 30, 1915 was between 3.2 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 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.
  • January 13 » The 6.7 M_w  Avezzano earthquake shakes the Province of L'Aquila in Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 29,978–32,610.
  • January 24 » World War I: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank.
  • June 29 » The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.
  • July 5 » The Liberty Bell leaves Philadelphia by special train on its way to the Panama–Pacific International Exposition. This is the last trip outside Philadelphia that the custodians of the bell intend to permit.
  • July 7 » Colombo Town Guard officer Henry Pedris is executed in British Ceylon for allegedly inciting persecution of Muslims.
  • September 5 » The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1913 » Elyne Mitchell, Australian author († 2002)
• 1913 » Lucio Agostini, Italian-Canadian conductor and composer († 1996)
• 1914 » Bert Parks, American actor, singer, television personality, and beauty pageant host († 1992)
• 1917 » Seymour Melman, American engineer and author († 2004)
• 1919 » Dick Spooner, English cricketer († 1997)