Genealogy Van Versendaal » Johannes BIJL (1914-)

Birthday May 23, 1914

• The temperature on May 23, 1914 was between 11.6 °C and 25.3 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 15 » During a poker game at the Gaiety Theatre in Galesburg, Illinois, comedian Art Fisher nicknames Chicko, Harpo, Groucho, and Gummo Marx.
  • August 21 » World War I: The Battle of Charleroi, a successful German attack across the River Sambre that pre-empted a French offensive in the same area.
  • August 23 » World War I: The British Expeditionary Force and the French Fifth Army begin their Great Retreat before the German Army.
  • September 18 » The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I.
  • October 19 » First World War: The First Battle of Ypres begins.
  • December 25 » A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Jean Françaix, French pianist and composer († 1997)
• 1912 » John Payne, American actor († 1989)
• 1914 » Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, English economist, journalist, and prominent Catholic layperson († 1981)
• 1914 » Celestine Sibley, American journalist and author († 1999)
• 1914 » Harold Hitchcock, English visionary landscape artist († 2009)
• 1915 » S. Donald Stookey, American physicist and chemist, invented CorningWare († 2014)