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Birthday March 26, 1915

• The temperature on March 26, 1915 was between -2 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 28 » An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
  • January 31 » World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in the Battle of Bolimów against Russia.
  • June 21 » The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down Oklahoma grandfather clause legislation which had the effect of denying the right to vote to blacks.
  • July 16 » At Treasure Island on the Delaware River in the United States, the First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law.
  • August 6 » World War I: Battle of Sari Bair: The Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay.
  • September 5 » The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1914 » Toru Kumon, Japanese mathematician and academic († 1995)
• 1914 » William Westmoreland, American general († 2005)
• 1915 » Hwang Sun-won, North Korean author and poet († 2000)
• 1915 » Lennart Strandberg, Swedish sprinter († 1989)
• 1916 » Bill Edrich, English cricketer and footballer († 1986)
• 1916 » Christian B. Anfinsen, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1995)