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Birthday April 4, 1913

• The temperature on April 4, 1913 was between 4.4 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 3 » The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect an income tax.
  • February 9 » A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of North and South America, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.
  • February 21 » Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars.
  • March 3 » Thousands of women march in the Woman Suffrage Procession in Washington, D.C.
  • June 19 » Natives Land Act, 1913 in South Africa implemented.
  • October 10 » U.S. President Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Dave Brown, Australian rugby league player († 1974)
• 1913 » Frances Langford, American actress and singer († 2005)
• 1913 » Jules Léger, Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Governor General of Canada († 1980)
• 1913 » Muddy Waters, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1983)
• 1913 » Rosemary Lane, American actress and singer († 1974)
• 1914 » Richard Coogan, American actor († 2014)