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Birthday February 6, 1915

• The temperature on February 6, 1915 was between -0.7 °C and 3.4 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
  • March 27 » Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States is put in quarantine for the second time, where she would remain for the rest of her life.
  • 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.
  • June 5 » Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage.
  • July 16 » Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
  • July 28 » The United States begins a 19-year occupation of Haiti.
  • September 5 » The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Mary Leakey, English-Kenyan archaeologist and anthropologist († 1996)
• 1914 » Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor and singer († 2005)
• 1915 » Kavi Pradeep, Indian poet and songwriter († 1998)
• 1916 » John Crank, English mathematician and physicist († 2006)
• 1917 » Louis-Philippe de Grandpré, Canadian lawyer and jurist († 2008)
• 1917 » Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian-American actress and socialite († 2016)