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Birthday December 11, 1914

• The temperature on December 11, 1914 was between 3.4 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
  • July 11 » Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
  • August 2 » The German occupation of Luxembourg during World War I begins.
  • 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.
  • September 17 » Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
  • December 23 » World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1912 » Carlo Ponti, Italian-Swiss film producer († 2007)
• 1913 » Jean Marais, French actor and director († 1998)
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• 1916 » Pérez Prado, Cuban-Mexican singer-songwriter, pianist, and bandleader († 1989)