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Birthday February 7, 1915

• The temperature on February 7, 1915 was between -2.3 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 0.3 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 22 » Over 600 people are killed in Guadalajara, Mexico, when a train plunges off the tracks into a deep canyon.
  • 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 24 » World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the conflict on the side of the Allies.
  • July 7 » Colombo Town Guard officer Henry Pedris is executed in British Ceylon for allegedly inciting persecution of Muslims.
  • July 7 » The First Battle of the Isonzo comes to an end.
  • November 25 » Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Russell Drysdale, English-Australian painter († 1981)
• 1915 » Eddie Bracken, American actor and singer († 2002)
• 1915 » Teoctist Arăpașu, Romanian patriarch († 2007)
• 1916 » Frank Hyde, Australian rugby player, coach, and sportscaster († 2007)
• 1919 » Desmond Doss, American army corporal and combat medic, Medal of Honor recipient († 2006)
• 1919 » Jock Mahoney, American actor and stuntman († 1989)