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Birthday June 9, 1913

• The temperature on June 9, 1913 was between 7.9 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 4 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 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.
  • January 18 » First Balkan War: A Greek flotilla defeats the Ottoman Navy in the Naval Battle of Lemnos, securing the islands of the Northern Aegean Sea for Greece.
  • February 13 » The 13th Dalai Lama proclaims Tibetan independence following a period of domination by Manchu Qing dynasty and initiated a period of almost four decades of independence.
  • March 3 » Thousands of women march in the Woman Suffrage Procession in Washington, D.C.
  • May 29 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a riot.
  • August 13 » First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
  • December 21 » Arthur Wynne's "word-cross", the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Robert Cummings, American actor, singer, and director († 1990)
• 1910 » Ted Hicks, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand († 1984)
• 1912 » Ingolf Dahl, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1970)
• 1915 » Jim McDonald, American football player and coach († 1997)
• 1915 » Les Paul, American guitarist and songwriter († 2009)
• 1916 » Jurij Brězan, German soldier and author († 2006)