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Birthday August 10, 1913

• The temperature on August 10, 1913 was between 7.3 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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.
  • January 18 » First Balkan War: A Greek flotilla defeats the Ottoman Navy in the Naval Battle of Lemnos, securing the islands of the Northern Aegean Sea for Greece.
  • March 3 » Thousands of women march in the Woman Suffrage Procession in Washington, D.C.
  • March 21 » Over 360 are killed and 20,000 homes destroyed in the Great Dayton Flood in Dayton, Ohio.
  • July 31 » The Balkan States sign an armistice in Bucharest.
  • October 31 » The Indianapolis Streetcar Strike and subsequent riot begins.
  • November 5 » King Otto of Bavaria is deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumes the title Ludwig III.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Jorge Amado, Brazilian novelist and poet († 2001)
• 1913 » Kalevi Kotkas, Estonian-Finnish high jumper and discus thrower († 1983)
• 1913 » Noah Beery Jr., American actor († 1994)
• 1913 » Wolfgang Paul, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1993)
• 1914 » Carlos Menditeguy, Argentinian race car driver and polo player († 1973)
• 1914 » Jeff Corey, American actor and director († 2002)