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Birthday April 20, 1913

• The temperature on April 20, 1913 was between 0.6 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 19 » Pedro Lascuráin becomes President of Mexico for 45 minutes; this is the shortest term to date of any person as president of any country.
  • March 22 » Mystic Phan Xích Long, the self-proclaimed Emperor of Vietnam, was arrested for organising a revolt against the colonial rule of French Indochina, which was nevertheless carried out by his supporters the following day.
  • March 26 » First Balkan War: Bulgarian forces capture Adrianople.
  • June 24 » Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria.
  • 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

• 1910 » Fatin Rüştü Zorlu, Turkish diplomat and politician († 1961)
• 1913 » Mimis Fotopoulos, Greek actor and poet († 1986)
• 1913 » Roger Rochard, French runner († 1993)
• 1913 » Willi Hennig, German biologist and entomologist († 1976)
• 1914 » Betty Lou Gerson, American actress († 1999)
• 1915 » Joseph Wolpe, South African psychotherapist and physician († 1997)