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Birthday July 31, 1915

• The temperature on July 31, 1915 was between 8.9 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 8.5 mm of rain. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
  • January 17 » Russia defeats Ottoman Turkey in the Battle of Sarikamish during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I.
  • February 12 » In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
  • May 7 » The Republic of China accedes to 13 of the 21 Demands, extending the Empire of Japan's control over Manchuria and the Chinese economy.
  • May 22 » Lassen Peak erupts with a powerful force, the only volcano besides Mount St. Helens to erupt in the contiguous U.S. during the 20th century.
  • September 15 » The Empire Picture Theatre (now The New Empire Cinema), the oldest running cinema in mainland Australia, opens in Bowral, New South Wales.
  • December 20 » World War I: The last Australian troops are evacuated from Gallipoli.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Bryan Hextall, Canadian ice hockey player († 1984)
• 1914 » Louis de Funès, French actor and screenwriter († 1983)
• 1914 » Paul J. Christiansen, American conductor and composer († 1997)
• 1916 » Bill Todman, American screenwriter and producer († 1979)
• 1916 » Billy Hitchcock, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 2006)
• 1916 » Sibte Hassan, Pakistani journalist, scholar, and activist († 1986)