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Birthday July 13, 1915

• The temperature on July 13, 1915 was between 8.0 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
  • May 23 » World War I: Italy joins the Allies, fulfilling its part of the Treaty of London.
  • May 27 » HMS Princess Irene exploded and sank off Sheerness, Kent with the loss of 352 lives.
  • June 9 » William Jennings Bryan resigns as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the sinking of the RMSLusitania.
  • July 5 » The Liberty Bell leaves Philadelphia by special train on its way to the Panama–Pacific International Exposition. This is the last trip outside Philadelphia that the custodians of the bell intend to permit.
  • July 7 » Colombo Town Guard officer Henry Pedris is executed in British Ceylon for allegedly inciting persecution of Muslims.
  • September 5 » The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Dave Garroway, American journalist and television personality († 1982)
• 1913 » Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Danish businessman († 2012)
• 1915 » Kaoru Ishikawa, Japanese author and educator († 1989)
• 1918 » Alberto Ascari, Italian race car driver († 1955)
• 1918 » Marcia Brown, American author and illustrator († 2015)
• 1918 » Ronald Bladen, American painter and sculptor († 1988)