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Birthday December 9, 1915

• The temperature on December 9, 1915 was between -0.2 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 10.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
  • January 17 » Russia defeats Ottoman Turkey in the Battle of Sarikamish during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I.
  • January 28 » An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
  • March 26 » The Vancouver Millionaires win the 1915 Stanley Cup Finals, the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association.
  • April 24 » The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian Genocide.
  • May 24 » World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the conflict on the side of the Allies.
  • August 29 » US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1914 » Frances Reid, American actress († 2010)
• 1914 » Ljubica Sokić, Serbian painter and illustrator († 2009)
• 1914 » Max Manus, Norwegian lieutenant († 1996)
• 1915 » Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German-Austrian soprano and actress († 2006)
• 1915 » Eloise Jarvis McGraw, American author († 2000)
• 1916 » Jerome Beatty Jr., American soldier, journalist, and author († 2002)