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Birthday April 25, 1915

• The temperature on April 25, 1915 was between 7.0 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 9.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 21 » Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit.
  • January 28 » An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
  • March 18 » World War I: During the Battle of Gallipoli, three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.
  • May 6 » Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run.
  • July 16 » At Treasure Island on the Delaware River in the United States, the First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law.
  • September 30 » World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Nikolaos Roussen, Greek captain († 1944)
• 1914 » Ross Lockridge Jr., American author and academic († 1948)
• 1915 » Mort Weisinger, American journalist and author († 1978)
• 1916 » Jerry Barber, American golfer († 1994)
• 1917 » Ella Fitzgerald, American singer († 1996)
• 1917 » Jean Lucas, French racing driver († 2003)