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Birthday August 28, 1915

• The temperature on August 28, 1915 was between 8.1 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (80%). 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 12 » The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to require states to give women the right to vote.
  • January 25 » Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.
  • February 22 » World War I: The Imperial German Navy institutes unrestricted submarine warfare.
  • May 7 » The Republic of China accedes to 13 of the 21 Demands, extending the Empire of Japan's control over Manchuria and the Chinese economy.
  • June 9 » William Jennings Bryan resigns as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the sinking of the RMSLusitania.
  • July 28 » The United States begins a 19-year occupation of Haiti.

Source: Wikipedia

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