Conk/Robillard Family Tree » Rita Alice Anne Cote (1914-1970)

Birthday July 28, 1914

• The temperature on July 28, 1914 was between 10.7 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 10.8 mm of rain. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
  • February 13 » Copyright: In New York City the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members.
  • April 24 » The Franck–Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, is presented to the German Physical Society.
  • August 23 » World War I: The British Expeditionary Force and the French Fifth Army begin their Great Retreat before the German Army.
  • August 24 » World War I: German troops capture Namur.
  • October 5 » World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire.
  • November 15 » Harry Turner becomes the first player to die from game-related injuries in the "Ohio League", the direct predecessor to the National Football League.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » Aenne Burda, German publisher († 2005)
• 1914 » Carmen Dragon, American conductor and composer († 1984)
• 1915 » Charles Hard Townes, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2015)
• 1915 » Dick Sprang, American illustrator († 2000)
• 1915 » Frankie Yankovic, American polka musician († 1998)
• 1916 » David Brown, American journalist and producer († 2010)