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Birthday September 23, 1915

• The temperature on September 23, 1915 was between 5.8 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • February 12 » In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
  • May 22 » Three trains collide in the Quintinshill rail disaster near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246.
  • June 21 » The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down Oklahoma grandfather clause legislation which had the effect of denying the right to vote to blacks.
  • July 7 » Colombo Town Guard officer Henry Pedris is executed in British Ceylon for allegedly inciting persecution of Muslims.
  • August 17 » A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 miles per hour (217km/h).
  • September 30 » World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Carl-Henning Pedersen, Danish painter and sculptor († 2007)
• 1915 » Clifford Shull, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2001)
• 1915 » Julius Baker, American flute player and educator († 2003)
• 1916 » Aldo Moro, Italian academic and politician, 39th Prime Minister of Italy († 1978)
• 1917 » Asima Chatterjee, Indian chemist († 2006)
• 1917 » Santo, Mexican Luchador enmascarado, film actor, and folk icon († 1984)