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Born on Thursday May 14, 1914
Died on Thursday May 14, 1914

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from May 14, 1914 at Delpher


Born on May 14
  • 1909 » Godfrey Rampling, English sprinter and colonel († 2009)
  • 1910 » Ken Viljoen, South African cricketer († 1974)
  • 1910 » Ne Win, Prime Minister and President of Burma († 2002)
  • 1914 » Gul Khan Nasir, Pakistani journalist, poet, and politician († 1983)
  • 1914 » William Thomas Tutte, British codebreaker and mathematician († 2002)
  • 1916 » Lance Dossor, English-Australian pianist and educator († 2005)
  • 1916 » Marco Zanuso, Italian architect and designer († 2001)
  • 1916 » Robert F. Christy, Canadian-American physicist and astronomer († 2012)
  • 1917 » Lou Harrison, American composer and critic († 2003)
  • 1917 » Norman Luboff, American composer and conductor († 1987)

Died on May 14

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. Trijntje

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.
  • April 24 » The Franck–Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, is presented to the German Physical Society.
  • August 26 » World War I: The German colony of Togoland surrenders to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign.
  • September 11 » World War I: Australia invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.
  • September 22 » A German submarine sinks three British cruisers over a seventy-minute period, killing almost 1500 sailors.
  • October 19 » First World War: The First Battle of Ypres begins.
  • December 23 » World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.
Weather May 14, 1914

The temperature on May 14, 1914 was between 8.9 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.

Source: KNMI