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Birthday December 6, 1913

• The temperature on December 6, 1913 was between -3.5 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • February 19 » Pedro Lascuráin becomes President of Mexico for 45 minutes; this is the shortest term to date of any person as president of any country.
  • March 18 » King George I of Greece is assassinated in the recently liberated city of Thessaloniki.
  • June 1 » The Greek–Serbian Treaty of Alliance is signed, paving the way for the Second Balkan War.
  • December 1 » Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line.
  • December 1 » The Buenos Aires Metro, the first underground railway system in the Southern Hemisphere and in Latin America, begins operation.
  • December 24 » The Italian Hall disaster in Calumet, Michigan results in the deaths of 73 Christmas party participants (including 59 children) when someone falsely yells "fire".

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » David M. Potter, American historian, author, and academic († 1971)
• 1913 » Eleanor Holm, American swimmer and actress († 2004)
• 1913 » Karl Haas, German-American pianist, conductor, and radio host († 2005)
• 1914 » Cyril Washbrook, English cricketer († 1999)
• 1916 » Kristján Eldjárn, Icelandic educator and politician, 3rd President of Iceland († 1982)
• 1916 » Yekaterina Budanova, Russian captain and pilot († 1943)