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Birthday April 11, 1915

• The temperature on April 11, 1915 was between 0.7 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
  • May 17 » The last British Liberal Party government (led by H. H. Asquith) falls.
  • June 29 » The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.
  • July 7 » Colombo Town Guard officer Henry Pedris is executed in British Ceylon for allegedly inciting persecution of Muslims.
  • November 25 » Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1914 » Robert Stanfield, Canadian economist, lawyer, and politician, 17th Premier of Nova Scotia († 2003)
• 1916 » Alberto Ginastera, Argentinian-Swiss pianist and composer († 1983)
• 1916 » Howard W. Koch, American director and producer († 2001)