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Birthday May 20, 1915

• The temperature on May 20, 1915 was between 9.7 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 17 » Russia defeats Ottoman Turkey in the Battle of Sarikamish during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I.
  • February 12 » In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
  • March 20 » Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
  • March 27 » Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States is put in quarantine for the second time, where she would remain for the rest of her life.
  • June 5 » Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage.
  • June 29 » The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1915 » Joff Ellen, Australian comedian and actor († 1999)
• 1915 » Moshe Dayan, Israeli general and politician, 5th Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1981)
• 1915 » Peter Copley, English actor († 2008)
• 1916 » Alexey Maresyev, Russian soldier and pilot († 2001)
• 1916 » Ondina Valla, Italian sprinter and hurdler († 2006)
• 1916 » Owen Chadwick, English rugby player, historian, and academic († 2015)