Database Schaap » Catharina Alida Schaap (1914-)

Birthday October 12, 1914

• The temperature on October 12, 1914 was between 2.6 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
  • January 9 » The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African-American students at Howard University in Washington D.C., United States.
  • April 23 » First baseball game at Wrigley Field, then known as Weeghman Park, in Chicago.
  • May 29 » The Ocean liner RMSEmpress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
  • August 25 » World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost.
  • September 3 » William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
  • September 11 » World War I: Australia invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1913 » Alice Chetwynd Ley, English author and educator († 2004)
• 1914 » John E. Hodge, African-American chemist († 1996)
• 1916 » Alice Childress, American actress and playwright († 1994)
• 1916 » Lock Martin, American actor († 1959)
• 1917 » Roque Máspoli, Uruguayan footballer and manager († 2004)