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Birthday November 24, 1915

• The temperature on November 24, 1915 was between 1.9 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 17 » Russia defeats Ottoman Turkey in the Battle of Sarikamish during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I.
  • January 19 » Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
  • January 19 » German strategic bombing during World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
  • March 20 » Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
  • April 5 » Boxing challenger Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
  • May 24 » World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the conflict on the side of the Allies.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Geraldine Fitzgerald, Irish-American actress († 2005)
• 1913 » Howard Duff, American actor, director, and producer († 1990)
• 1914 » Bessie Blount Griffin, American physical therapist, inventor and forensic scientist († 2009)
• 1914 » Lynn Chadwick, English sculptor († 2003)
• 1916 » Forrest J Ackerman, American soldier and author († 2008)
• 1917 » Shabtai Rosenne, English-Israeli academic, jurist, and diplomat († 2010)