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Birthday June 13, 1913

• The temperature on June 13, 1913 was between 4.9 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 17 » The Armory Show opens in New York City, displaying works of artists who are to become some of the most influential painters of the early 20th century.
  • April 4 » First Balkan War: Greek aviator Emmanouil Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot to die in the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
  • May 29 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a riot.
  • July 31 » The Balkan States sign an armistice in Bucharest.
  • October 9 » The steamship SSVolturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
  • December 23 » The Federal Reserve Act is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve System.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1911 » Luis Walter Alvarez, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1988)
• 1911 » Maurice Copeland, American actor († 1985)
• 1912 » Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter († 1943)
• 1913 » Ralph Edwards, American radio and television host († 2005)
• 1913 » Yitzhak Pundak, Israeli general, diplomat and politician († 2017)
• 1914 » Frederic Franklin, English-American ballet dancer and director († 2013)