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Birthday September 25, 1915

• The temperature on September 25, 1915 was between 12.7 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • April 5 » Boxing challenger Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
  • April 25 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops, begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.
  • June 21 » The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down Oklahoma grandfather clause legislation which had the effect of denying the right to vote to blacks.
  • July 28 » The United States begins a 19-year occupation of Haiti.
  • August 29 » US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.
  • October 12 » World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Ralph Jordan, American football player and coach († 1980)
• 1911 » Eric Williams, Trinidadian historian and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago († 1981)
• 1914 » John Manners, English naval officer and cricketer († 2020)
• 1916 » Deendayal Upadhyaya, Indian economist, sociologist, and journalist († 1968)
• 1916 » Jessica Anderson, Australian author and playwright († 2010)
• 1917 » Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and sportscaster († 2007)