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Born on Tuesday January 6, 1914
Died on Tuesday January 6, 1914

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 6, 1914 at Delpher


Born on January 6
  • 1912 » Danny Thomas, American actor, comedian, producer and humanitarian († 1991)
  • 1912 » Jacques Ellul, French philosopher and critic († 1994)
  • 1913 » Edward Gierek, Polish lawyer and politician († 2001)
  • 1913 » Loretta Young, American actress († 2000)
  • 1914 » Godfrey Edward Arnold, Austrian-American physician and academic († 1989)
  • 1915 » Alan Watts, English-American philosopher and author († 1973)
  • 1915 » Don Edwards, American soldier, lawyer, and politician († 2015)
  • 1915 » John C. Lilly, American psychoanalyst, physician, and philosopher († 2001)
  • 1916 » Park Mok-wol, influential Korean poet and academic († 1978)
  • 1917 » Koo Chen-fu, Taiwanese businessman and diplomat († 2005)

Died on January 6

Names that were popular for boys in 1914
  1. Johannes
  2. Jan
  3. Cornelis
  4. Hendrik
  5. Willem
  6. Pieter
  7. Gerrit
  8. Petrus
  9. Jacobus
  10. Adrianus
  11. Jacob
  12. Gerardus
  13. Antonius
  14. Arie
  15. Wilhelmus
  16. Hendrikus
Names that were popular for girls in 1914
  1. Maria
  2. Johanna
  3. Anna
  4. Cornelia
  5. Wilhelmina
  6. Elisabeth
  7. Hendrika
  8. Catharina
  9. Adriana
  10. Petronella
  11. Jacoba
  12. Grietje
  13. Geertruida
  14. Aaltje
  15. Helena
  16. Margaretha

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1914
  • 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.
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • July 29 » The Cape Cod Canal opened.
  • August 12 » World War I: The Battle of Halen a.k.a. Battle of the Silver Helmets a clash between large Belgian and German cavalry formations at Halen, Belgium.
  • August 25 » World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost.
  • August 28 » World War I: The Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
  • September 3 » William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
  • December 16 » World War I: Admiral Franz von Hipper commands a raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby.
Weather January 6, 1914

The temperature on January 6, 1914 was between 0.1 °C and 3.5 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. There was 11.2 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.

Source: KNMI