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Birthday February 9, 1915

• The temperature on February 9, 1915 was between 3.6 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 17 » Russia defeats Ottoman Turkey in the Battle of Sarikamish during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I.
  • January 19 » Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1911 » William Orlando Darby, American general († 1945)
• 1912 » Futabayama Sadaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 35th Yokozuna († 1968)
• 1912 » Ginette Leclerc, French actress († 1992)
• 1914 » Ernest Tubb, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1984)
• 1916 » Tex Hughson, American baseball player († 1993)
• 1918 » Lloyd Noel Ferguson, African American chemist († 2011)