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Birthday June 18, 1913

• The temperature on June 18, 1913 was between 13.8 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
  • March 4 » First Balkan War: The Greek army engages the Turks at Bizani, resulting in victory two days later.
  • March 4 » The United States Department of Labor is formed.
  • April 24 » The Woolworth Building, a skyscraper in New York City, is opened.
  • May 14 » Governor of New York William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100million donation from John D. Rockefeller.
  • May 29 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a riot.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Françoise Loranger, Canadian playwright and producer († 1995)
• 1913 » Oswald Teichmüller, German mathematician († 1943)
• 1913 » Robert Mondavi, American winemaker and philanthropist († 2008)
• 1913 » Sammy Cahn, American pianist and composer († 1993)
• 1913 » Sylvia Porter, American economist and journalist († 1991)
• 1913 » Wilfred Gordon Bigelow, Canadian soldier and surgeon († 2005)