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Birthday January 21, 1913

• The temperature on January 21, 1913 was between 1.7 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 7.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 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 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.
  • March 21 » Over 360 are killed and 20,000 homes destroyed in the Great Dayton Flood in Dayton, Ohio.
  • April 8 » The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution, requiring direct election of Senators, becomes law.
  • April 24 » The Woolworth Building, a skyscraper in New York City, is opened.
  • June 25 » American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
  • August 28 » Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
  • November 5 » King Otto of Bavaria is deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumes the title Ludwig III.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Hideo Shinojima, Japanese footballer († 1975)
• 1911 » Dick Garrard, Australian wrestler († 2003)
• 1911 » Lee Yoo-hyung, Korean footballer and manager († 2003)
• 1912 » Konrad Emil Bloch, German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2000)
• 1915 » André Lichnerowicz, French mathematician († 1998)
• 1915 » Orazio Mariani, Italian sprinter († 1981)