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Birthday May 28, 1913

• The temperature on May 28, 1913 was between 12.8 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
  • February 2 » Grand Central Terminal is opened in New York City.
  • February 13 » The 13th Dalai Lama proclaims Tibetan independence following a period of domination by Manchu Qing dynasty and initiated a period of almost four decades of independence.
  • May 29 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a riot.
  • May 30 » The Treaty of London is signed, ending the First Balkan War; Albania becomes an independent nation.
  • June 25 » American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
  • December 23 » The Federal Reserve Act is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve System.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1911 » Bob Crisp, South African cricketer († 1994)
• 1911 » Thora Hird, English actress († 2003)
• 1912 » Herman Johannes, Indonesian scientist, academic, and politician († 1992)
• 1912 » Patrick White, Australian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1990)
• 1912 » Ruby Payne-Scott, Australian physicist and astronomer († 1981)
• 1914 » W. G. G. Duncan Smith, English captain and pilot († 1996)