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Birthday August 22, 1915

• The temperature on August 22, 1915 was between 6.8 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (27%). 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 22 » Over 600 people are killed in Guadalajara, Mexico, when a train plunges off the tracks into a deep canyon.
  • January 31 » World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in the Battle of Bolimów against Russia.
  • April 5 » Boxing challenger Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
  • May 22 » Three trains collide in the Quintinshill rail disaster near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246.
  • May 23 » World War I: Italy joins the Allies, fulfilling its part of the Treaty of London.
  • November 25 » Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Leonard Pagliero, English businessman and pilot († 2008)
• 1914 » Connie B. Gay, American businessman, co-founded the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum († 1989)
• 1914 » Jack Dunphy, American author and playwright († 1992)
• 1915 » David Dellinger, American activist († 2004)
• 1915 » Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and politician, 15th Prime Minister of the Polish Republic in Exile († 2005)
• 1915 » James Hillier, Canadian-American scientist, co-designed the electron microscope († 2007)