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Birthday January 15, 1915

• The temperature on January 15, 1915 was between 7.9 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong 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 22 » Over 600 people are killed in Guadalajara, Mexico, when a train plunges off the tracks into a deep canyon.
  • 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.
  • July 7 » The First Battle of the Isonzo comes to an end.
  • October 13 » First World War: The Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos.
  • October 14 » World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Alexander Marinesko, Ukrainian-Russian lieutenant († 1963)
• 1913 » Eugène Brands, Dutch painter († 2002)
• 1913 » Lloyd Bridges, American actor († 1998)
• 1913 » Miriam Hyde, Australian pianist and composer († 2005)
• 1914 » Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian and academic († 2003)
• 1914 » Stefan Bałuk, Polish general († 2014)