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Birthday January 14, 1915

• The temperature on January 14, 1915 was between 8.0 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 19 » Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
  • 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 6 » Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run.
  • May 27 » HMS Princess Irene exploded and sank off Sheerness, Kent with the loss of 352 lives.
  • July 16 » At Treasure Island on the Delaware River in the United States, the First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law.
  • August 17 » A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 miles per hour (217km/h).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1911 » Anatoly Rybakov, Russian-American author († 1998)
• 1912 » Tillie Olsen, American short story writer († 2007)
• 1914 » Harold Russell, Canadian-American soldier and actor († 2002)
• 1914 » Selahattin Ülkümen, Turkish diplomat († 2003)
• 1915 » Mark Goodson, American game show producer, created Family Feud and The Price Is Right († 1992)
• 1919 » Giulio Andreotti, Italian journalist and politician, 41st Prime Minister of Italy († 2013)