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Birthday July 7, 1913

• The temperature on July 7, 1913 was between 7.8 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
  • February 19 » Pedro Lascuráin becomes President of Mexico for 45 minutes; this is the shortest term to date of any person as president of any country.
  • June 25 » American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
  • July 31 » The Balkan States sign an armistice in Bucharest.
  • August 10 » Second Balkan War: Delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.
  • December 1 » The Buenos Aires Metro, the first underground railway system in the Southern Hemisphere and in Latin America, begins operation.
  • December 21 » Arthur Wynne's "word-cross", the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » Gottfried von Cramm, German tennis player († 1976)
• 1910 » Doris McCarthy, Canadian painter and author († 2010)
• 1911 » Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-American composer († 2007)
• 1913 » Pinetop Perkins, American singer and pianist († 2011)
• 1915 » Margaret Walker, American novelist and poet († 1998)
• 1917 » Fidel Sánchez Hernández, Salvadoran general and politician, President of El Salvador († 2003)