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Birthday December 19, 1915

• The temperature on December 19, 1915 was between -0.9 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
  • February 8 » D. W. Griffith's controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles.
  • February 12 » In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
  • March 18 » World War I: During the Battle of Gallipoli, three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.
  • April 5 » Boxing challenger Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
  • July 7 » Colombo Town Guard officer Henry Pedris is executed in British Ceylon for allegedly inciting persecution of Muslims.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1914 » Mel Shaw, American animator and screenwriter († 2012)
• 1915 » Édith Piaf, French singer-songwriter and actress († 1963)
• 1915 » Claudia Testoni, Italian hurdler, sprinter, and long jumper († 1998)
• 1916 » Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, German political scientist, journalist, and academic († 2010)
• 1916 » Roy Ward Baker, English director and producer († 2010)
• 1918 » Professor Longhair, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1980)