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Birthday January 30, 1913

• The temperature on January 30, 1913 was between -1.5 and 2.2 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
  • February 2 » Grand Central Terminal is opened in New York City.
  • February 9 » A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of North and South America, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.
  • March 4 » The United States Department of Labor is formed.
  • March 20 » Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Chinese Nationalist Party, is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.
  • March 22 » Mystic Phan Xích Long, the self-proclaimed Emperor of Vietnam, was arrested for organising a revolt against the colonial rule of French Indochina, which was nevertheless carried out by his supporters the following day.
  • April 24 » The Woolworth Building, a skyscraper in New York City, is opened.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Barbara W. Tuchman, American historian and author († 1989)
• 1912 » Francis Schaeffer, American pastor and theologian († 1984)
• 1912 » Werner Hartmann, German physicist and academic († 1988)
• 1914 » David Wayne, American actor († 1995)
• 1914 » John Ireland, Canadian-American actor and director († 1992)
• 1914 » Luc-Marie Bayle, French commander and painter († 2000)