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Birthday November 21, 1915

• The temperature on November 21, 1915 was between -3.5 °C and 3.3 °C and averaged -0.2 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (74%). 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.
  • January 18 » Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia.
  • January 22 » Over 600 people are killed in Guadalajara, Mexico, when a train plunges off the tracks into a deep canyon.
  • July 16 » Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
  • July 28 » The United States begins a 19-year occupation of Haiti.
  • August 15 » A story in New York World newspaper reveals that the Imperial German government had purchased excess phenol from Thomas Edison that could be used to make explosives for the war effort and diverted it to Bayer for aspirin production.
  • September 30 » World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » John Boulting, English director, producer, and screenwriter († 1985)
• 1913 » Roy Boulting, English director, producer, and screenwriter († 2001)
• 1914 » Henri Laborit, French physician and philosopher († 1995)
• 1914 » Nusret Fişek, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health († 1990)
• 1915 » Norm Smith, Australian footballer and coach († 1973)
• 1916 » Sid Luckman, American football player and soldier († 1998)