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Birthday January 11, 1915

• The temperature on January 11, 1915 was between 2.8 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 5.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 19 » World War I: The first naval attack on the Dardanelles begins when a strong Anglo-French task force bombards Ottoman artillery along the coast of Gallipoli.
  • August 27 » Attempted assassination of Bishop Patrick Heffron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona by Rev. Louis M. Lesches.
  • September 15 » The Empire Picture Theatre (now The New Empire Cinema), the oldest running cinema in mainland Australia, opens in Bowral, New South Wales.
  • September 25 » World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.
  • October 13 » First World War: The Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Don "Red" Barry, American actor, producer, and screenwriter († 1980)
• 1913 » Karl Stegger, Danish actor († 1980)
• 1915 » Luise Krüger, German javelin thrower († 2001)
• 1915 » Paddy Mayne, British colonel and lawyer († 1955)
• 1916 » Bernard Blier, Argentinian-French actor († 1989)
• 1917 » John Robarts, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Ontario († 1982)