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Birthday September 26, 1915

• The temperature on September 26, 1915 was between 7.2 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 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 18 » Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia.
  • January 31 » World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in the Battle of Bolimów against Russia.
  • March 20 » Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
  • April 22 » The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres.
  • May 7 » The Republic of China accedes to 13 of the 21 Demands, extending the Empire of Japan's control over Manchuria and the Chinese economy.
  • July 7 » The First Battle of the Isonzo comes to an end.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1914 » Achille Compagnoni, Italian skier and mountaineer († 2009)
• 1914 » Jack LaLanne, American fitness expert († 2011)
• 1917 » Réal Caouette, Canadian journalist and politician († 1976)
• 1917 » Tran Duc Thao, Vietnamese-French philosopher and theorist († 1993)
• 1918 » Eric Morley, English businessman and television host, founded the Miss World († 2000)