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Birthday January 18, 1915

• The temperature on January 18, 1915 was between -1.5 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged 0.4 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 19 » German strategic bombing during World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
  • March 20 » Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
  • April 22 » The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres.
  • May 22 » Lassen Peak erupts with a powerful force, the only volcano besides Mount St. Helens to erupt in the contiguous U.S. during the 20th century.
  • September 30 » World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.
  • December 20 » World War I: The last Australian troops are evacuated from Gallipoli.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1914 » Arno Schmidt, German author and translator († 1979)
• 1914 » Vitomil Zupan, Slovene author, poet, and playwright († 1987)
• 1915 » Santiago Carrillo, Spanish soldier and politician († 2012)
• 1915 » Syl Apps, Canadian pole vaulter, ice hockey player, and politician († 1998)
• 1915 » Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player († 1984)