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Birthday May 1, 1913

• The temperature on May 1, 1913 was between 8.0 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 5 » Greek military aviators, Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis perform the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane.
  • February 19 » Pedro Lascuráin becomes President of Mexico for 45 minutes; this is the shortest term to date of any person as president of any country.
  • March 4 » First Balkan War: The Greek army engages the Turks at Bizani, resulting in victory two days later.
  • March 26 » First Balkan War: Bulgarian forces capture Adrianople.
  • May 29 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a riot.
  • December 1 » The Buenos Aires Metro, the first underground railway system in the Southern Hemisphere and in Latin America, begins operation.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1911 » Wilfred Watson, English-Canadian poet, playwright and educator († 1998)
• 1912 » Otto Kretschmer, German admiral († 1998)
• 1913 » Louis Nye, American actor († 2005)
• 1913 » Walter Susskind, Czech-English pianist, conductor, and educator († 1980)
• 1914 » Jaap van der Poll, Dutch javelin thrower († 2010)
• 1915 » Hanns Martin Schleyer, German businessman († 1977)