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Birthday January 25, 1915

• The temperature on January 25, 1915 was between -1.2 °C and 1.9 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
  • March 27 » Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States is put in quarantine for the second time, where she would remain for the rest of her life.
  • May 17 » The last British Liberal Party government (led by H. H. Asquith) falls.
  • July 16 » Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
  • September 5 » The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.
  • September 30 » World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.
  • October 13 » First World War: The Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Huang Hua, Chinese translator and politician, 5th Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China († 2010)
• 1913 » Luis Marden, American photographer and journalist († 2003)
• 1913 » Witold Lutosławski, Polish composer and conductor († 1994)
• 1914 » William Strickland, American conductor and organist († 1991)
• 1915 » Ewan MacColl, English singer-songwriter, actor and producer († 1989)
• 1916 » Pop Ivy, American football player and coach († 2003)