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Birthday November 8, 1915

• The temperature on November 8, 1915 was between 4.1 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 19 » German strategic bombing during World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
  • 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 24 » The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian Genocide.
  • May 22 » Three trains collide in the Quintinshill rail disaster near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246.
  • September 12 » French soldiers rescue over 4,000 Armenian Genocide survivors stranded on Musa Dagh.
  • October 14 » World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » June Havoc, American actress, singer and dancer († 2010)
• 1912 » Stylianos Pattakos, Greek general and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece († 2016)
• 1913 » Lou Ambers, American boxer († 1995)
• 1914 » Norman Lloyd, American actor, director, and producer
• 1918 » Hermann Zapf, German typographer and calligrapher († 2015)
• 1918 » Kazuo Sakamaki, Japanese soldier († 1999)