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Birthday April 25, 1913

• The temperature on April 25, 1913 was between 5.9 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • January 3 » An Atlantic coast storm sets the lowest confirmed barometric pressure reading for a non-tropical system in the continental United States.
  • February 21 » Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars.
  • March 12 » The future capital of Australia is officially named Canberra.
  • March 20 » Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Chinese Nationalist Party, is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.
  • April 8 » The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution, requiring direct election of Senators, becomes law.
  • June 19 » Natives Land Act, 1913 in South Africa implemented.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1912 » Earl Bostic, African-American saxophonist († 1965)
• 1913 » Nikolaos Roussen, Greek captain († 1944)
• 1914 » Ross Lockridge Jr., American author and academic († 1948)
• 1915 » Mort Weisinger, American journalist and author († 1978)