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Birthday November 15, 1915

• The temperature on November 15, 1915 was between -0.8 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
  • January 24 » World War I: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank.
  • March 20 » Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
  • April 18 » French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.
  • April 24 » The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian Genocide.
  • May 1 » The RMSLusitania departs from New York City on her 202nd, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives.
  • August 27 » Attempted assassination of Bishop Patrick Heffron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona by Rev. Louis M. Lesches.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Harald Keres, Estonian physicist and academic († 2010)
• 1913 » Arthur Haulot, Belgian journalist and poet († 2005)
• 1913 » Jack Dyer, Australian footballer and coach († 2003)
• 1914 » V. R. Krishna Iyer, Indian lawyer and judge († 2014)
• 1916 » Bill Melendez, Mexican-American voice actor, animator, director, and producer († 2008)
• 1916 » Nita Barrow, Barbadian nurse and politician, 7th Governor-General of Barbados († 1995)