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Birthday May 7, 1913

• The temperature on May 7, 1913 was between 2.8 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
  • March 18 » King George I of Greece is assassinated in the recently liberated city of Thessaloniki.
  • March 20 » Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Chinese Nationalist Party, is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.
  • June 1 » The Greek–Serbian Treaty of Alliance is signed, paving the way for the Second Balkan War.
  • June 4 » Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of King George V's horse at The Derby. She is trampled, never regains consciousness, and dies four days later.
  • July 3 » Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors.
  • November 9 » The Great Lakes Storm of 1913, the most destructive natural disaster ever to hit the lakes, reaches its greatest intensity after beginning two days earlier. The storm destroys 19 ships and kills more than 250 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1911 » Ishirō Honda, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter († 1993)
• 1911 » Rıfat Ilgaz, Turkish author, poet, and educator († 1993)
• 1912 » Pannalal Patel, Indian author († 1989)
• 1913 » John Spencer Hardy, American general († 2012)
• 1913 » Simon Ramo, American physicist and engineer († 2016)
• 1914 » Arthur Snelling, English civil servant and diplomat. British Ambassador to South Africa († 1996)