Genealogy Spierenburg » Johannes de Graaff (1914-)

Birthday August 20, 1914

• The temperature on August 20, 1914 was between 10.5 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • May 30 » The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMSAquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
  • June 23 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.
  • August 15 » A servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright murders seven people and sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin.
  • September 26 » The United States Federal Trade Commission is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
  • November 1 » World War I: The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) departed by ship in a single convoy from Albany, Western Australia bound for Egypt.
  • December 24 » World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Eero Saarinen, Finnish-American architect and furniture designer, designed the Gateway Arch († 1961)
• 1912 » John H. Michaelis, American general († 1985)
• 1913 » Roger Wolcott Sperry, American neuropsychologist and neurobiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)
• 1916 » Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian-German chess player and chemist († 1984)
• 1917 » Terry Sanford, 65th Governor of North Carolina († 1998)
• 1918 » Jacqueline Susann, American actress and author († 1974)