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Birthday December 21, 1915

• The temperature on December 21, 1915 was between -4.2 °C and -0.1 °C and averaged -1.3 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 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 25 » Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.
  • May 24 » World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the conflict on the side of the Allies.
  • 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.
  • July 7 » Colombo Town Guard officer Henry Pedris is executed in British Ceylon for allegedly inciting persecution of Muslims.
  • August 27 » Attempted assassination of Bishop Patrick Heffron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona by Rev. Louis M. Lesches.
  • September 5 » The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Arnold Friberg, American illustrator and painter († 2010)
• 1914 » Frank Fenner, Australian microbiologist and virologist († 2010)
• 1915 » Werner von Trapp, Austrian-American singer († 2007)
• 1917 » Heinrich Böll, German novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1985)
• 1918 » Donald Regan, American colonel and politician, 11th White House Chief of Staff († 2003)
• 1918 » Kurt Waldheim, Austrian colonel, war criminal, and politician; 9th President of Austria († 2007)