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Birthday March 23, 1913

• The temperature on March 23, 1913 was between 5.4 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 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.
  • January 5 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Lemnos begins; Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it did not venture for the rest of the war.
  • February 5 » Greek military aviators, Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis perform the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane.
  • March 26 » First Balkan War: Bulgarian forces capture Adrianople.
  • July 4 » President Woodrow Wilson addresses American Civil War veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913.
  • August 28 » Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
  • November 7 » The first day of the Great Lakes Storm of 1913, a massive blizzard that ultimately killed 250 and caused over $5 million (about $118,098,000 in 2013 dollars) damage. Winds reach hurricane force on this date.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Eleanor Cameron, Canadian-American author and critic († 1996)
• 1912 » Neil McCorkell, English-South African cricketer and coach († 2013)
• 1912 » Wernher von Braun, German-American physicist and engineer († 1977)
• 1913 » Abidin Dino, Turko-French painter and illustrator († 1993)
• 1914 » Milbourne Christopher, American magician and author († 1984)
• 1915 » Mary Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe († 2014)