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Birthday February 22, 1915

• The temperature on February 22, 1915 was between -1.4 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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.
  • March 20 » Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
  • 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.
  • June 21 » The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down Oklahoma grandfather clause legislation which had the effect of denying the right to vote to blacks.
  • August 4 » World War I: The German 12th Army occupies Warsaw during the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive and the Great Retreat of 1915.
  • August 6 » World War I: Battle of Sari Bair: The Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay.
  • September 12 » French soldiers rescue over 4,000 Armenian Genocide survivors stranded on Musa Dagh.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1914 » Renato Dulbecco, Italian-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2012)
• 1915 » Gus Lesnevich, American boxer († 1964)
• 1917 » Reed Crandall, American illustrator († 1982)
• 1918 » Don Pardo, American radio and television announcer († 2014)
• 1918 » Robert Wadlow, American man, the tallest person in recorded history († 1940)
• 1918 » Sid Abel, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager († 2000)