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Birthday February 7, 1915

• The temperature on February 7, 1915 was between -2.3 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 0.3 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 8 » D. W. Griffith's controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles.
  • May 1 » The RMSLusitania departs from New York City on her 202nd, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives.
  • May 17 » The last British Liberal Party government (led by H. H. Asquith) falls.
  • August 29 » US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.
  • October 12 » World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium
  • October 14 » World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1915 » Eddie Bracken, American actor and singer († 2002)
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• 1916 » Frank Hyde, Australian rugby player, coach, and sportscaster († 2007)
• 1919 » Desmond Doss, American army corporal and combat medic, Medal of Honor recipient († 2006)
• 1919 » Jock Mahoney, American actor and stuntman († 1989)