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Birthday September 9, 1914

• The temperature on September 9, 1914 was between 13.7 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • 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 24 » World War I: The Battle of Cer ends as the first Allied victory in the war.
  • September 9 » World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
  • September 13 » World War I: The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France.
  • September 14 » HMASAE1, the Royal Australian Navy's first submarine, was lost at sea with all hands near East New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
  • November 1 » World War I: The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) departed by ship in a single convoy from Albany, Western Australia bound for Egypt.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1911 » John Gorton, Australian lieutenant and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Australia († 2002)
• 1911 » Paul Goodman, American author, poet, and playwright († 1972)
• 1914 » John Passmore, Australian philosopher and academic († 2004)
• 1918 » Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Italian lawyer and politician, 9th President of Italy († 2012)
• 1919 » Gottfried Dienst, Swiss footballer and referee († 1998)
• 1919 » Jimmy Snyder, American sportscaster († 1996)