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Birthday August 19, 1915

• The temperature on August 19, 1915 was between 12.0 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 19 » Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
  • January 24 » World War I: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank.
  • 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.
  • May 23 » World War I: Italy joins the Allies, fulfilling its part of the Treaty of London.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1914 » Fumio Hayasaka, Japanese composer († 1955)
• 1914 » Lajos Baróti, Hungarian footballer and manager († 2005)
• 1914 » Rose Heilbron, British barrister and judge († 2005)
• 1915 » Alfred Rouleau, Canadian businessman († 1985)
• 1915 » Ring Lardner, Jr., American journalist and screenwriter († 2000)
• 1916 » Dennis Poore, English race car driver and businessman († 1987)