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Birthday September 16, 1915

• The temperature on September 16, 1915 was between 10.9 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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.
  • May 6 » Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run.
  • May 22 » Three trains collide in the Quintinshill rail disaster near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246.
  • July 16 » Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
  • July 25 » RFC Captain Lanoe Hawker becomes the first British pursuit aviator to earn the Victoria Cross.
  • December 20 » World War I: The last Australian troops are evacuated from Gallipoli.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1915 » Cy Walter, American pianist († 1968)
• 1916 » Frank Farrell, Australian rugby league player and policeman († 1985)
• 1916 » Frank Leslie Walcott, Barbadian cricketer, umpire, and politician († 1999)
• 1916 » M. S. Subbulakshmi, an Indian Carnatic vocalist († 2004)
• 1916 » Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw, Caribbean politician, 1st Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis († 1978)