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Birthday November 28, 1915

• The temperature on November 28, 1915 was between -9.4 °C and -3.1 °C and averaged -6.3 °C. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (26%). 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 22 » Over 600 people are killed in Guadalajara, Mexico, when a train plunges off the tracks into a deep canyon.
  • February 12 » In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
  • April 25 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops, begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.
  • May 27 » HMS Princess Irene exploded and sank off Sheerness, Kent with the loss of 352 lives.
  • 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.
  • August 4 » World War I: The German 12th Army occupies Warsaw during the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive and the Great Retreat of 1915.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Morris Louis, American painter († 1962)
• 1913 » Cliff Addison, English chemist and academic († 1994)
• 1915 » Evald Okas, Estonian painter and academic († 2011)
• 1915 » Yves Thériault, Canadian author († 1983)
• 1916 » Lilian, Princess of Réthy († 2002)
• 1916 » Ramón José Velásquez, Venezuelan journalist, lawyer, and politician, President of Venezuela († 2014)