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Birthday October 31, 1915

• The temperature on October 31, 1915 was between -0.6 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
  • May 6 » Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run.
  • May 23 » World War I: Italy joins the Allies, fulfilling its part of the Treaty of London.
  • June 29 » The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.
  • September 15 » The Empire Picture Theatre (now The New Empire Cinema), the oldest running cinema in mainland Australia, opens in Bowral, New South Wales.
  • October 12 » World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium
  • October 14 » World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.

Source: Wikipedia

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