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Birthday April 13, 1915

• The temperature on April 13, 1915 was between -1.8 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 22 » World War I: The Imperial German Navy institutes unrestricted submarine warfare.
  • April 5 » Boxing challenger Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
  • April 25 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops, begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.
  • September 5 » The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.
  • September 15 » The Empire Picture Theatre (now The New Empire Cinema), the oldest running cinema in mainland Australia, opens in Bowral, New South Wales.
  • September 25 » World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Dave Albritton, American high jumper and coach († 1994)
• 1913 » Kermit Tyler, American lieutenant and pilot († 2010)
• 1914 » Orhan Veli Kanık, Turkish poet and author († 1950)
• 1916 » Phyllis Fraser, Welsh-American actress, journalist, and publisher, co-founded Beginner Books († 2006)
• 1917 » Bill Clements, American soldier, engineer, and politician, 15th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense († 2011)
• 1917 » Robert Orville Anderson, American businessman, founded Atlantic Richfield Oil Co. († 2007)