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Birthday November 4, 1915

• The temperature on November 4, 1915 was between 2.1 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (35%). 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 13 » The 6.7 M_w  Avezzano earthquake shakes the Province of L'Aquila in Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 29,978–32,610.
  • January 25 » Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.
  • May 23 » World War I: Italy joins the Allies, fulfilling its part of the Treaty of London.
  • July 24 » The passenger ship SSEastland capsizes while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew are killed in the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
  • August 27 » Attempted assassination of Bishop Patrick Heffron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona by Rev. Louis M. Lesches.
  • December 20 » World War I: The last Australian troops are evacuated from Gallipoli.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1914 » Carlos Castillo Armas, Authoritarian ruler of Guatemala (1954-1957) († 1957)
• 1915 » Ismail Abdul Rahman, Malaysian politician († 1973)
• 1915 » Marguerite Patten, English economist and author († 2015)
• 1916 » John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient († 1945)
• 1916 » Ruth Handler, American businesswoman, created Barbie († 2002)
• 1916 » Walter Cronkite, American journalist, voice actor, and producer († 2009)