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Birthday October 1, 1915

• The temperature on October 1, 1915 was between 3.7 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
  • March 27 » Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States is put in quarantine for the second time, where she would remain for the rest of her life.
  • May 23 » World War I: Italy joins the Allies, fulfilling its part of the Treaty of London.
  • 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.
  • September 25 » World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.
  • October 12 » World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Kathleen Ollerenshaw, English mathematician, astronomer, and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester († 2014)
• 1913 » Hélio Gracie, Brazilian martial artist († 2009)
• 1913 » Harry Lookofsky, American violinist and producer († 1998)
• 1914 » Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian, lawyer, and author, 12th Librarian of Congress († 2004)
• 1915 » Jerome Bruner, American psychologist and author († 2016)
• 1917 » Cahal Daly, Irish cardinal and theologian († 2009)