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Birthday April 20, 1914

• The temperature on April 20, 1914 was between 5.6 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 9 » Start of the Battle of Mulhouse, part of a French attempt to recover the province of Alsace and the first French offensive of World War I.
  • August 12 » World War I: The United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary; the countries of the British Empire follow suit.
  • August 15 » A servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright murders seven people and sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin.
  • August 28 » World War I: German troops take the city of Namur in Belgium.
  • November 13 » Zaian War: Berber tribesmen inflict the heaviest defeat of French forces in Morocco at the Battle of El Herri.
  • November 28 » World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Mimis Fotopoulos, Greek actor and poet († 1986)
• 1913 » Roger Rochard, French runner († 1993)
• 1913 » Willi Hennig, German biologist and entomologist († 1976)
• 1914 » Betty Lou Gerson, American actress († 1999)
• 1915 » Joseph Wolpe, South African psychotherapist and physician († 1997)
• 1916 » Nasiba Zeynalova, Azerbaijani actress († 2004)