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Birthday November 3, 1915

• The temperature on November 3, 1915 was between 3.8 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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 » Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
  • January 28 » An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
  • April 5 » Boxing challenger Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
  • April 24 » The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian Genocide.
  • August 15 » A story in New York World newspaper reveals that the Imperial German government had purchased excess phenol from Thomas Edison that could be used to make explosives for the war effort and diverted it to Bayer for aspirin production.
  • October 14 » World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan general and politician, 46th President of Paraguay († 2006)
• 1915 » Hal Jackson, American journalist and radio host († 2012)
• 1917 » Annapurna Maharana, Indian activist († 2012)
• 1918 » Bob Feller, American sailor, baseball player, and sportscaster († 2010)
• 1918 » Claude Barma, French director, producer, and screenwriter († 1992)
• 1918 » Elizabeth P. Hoisington, American general († 2007)