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Birthday April 14, 1914

• The temperature on April 14, 1914 was between 3.4 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • August 4 » In response to the German invasion of Belgium, Belgium and the British Empire declare war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality.
  • August 23 » World War I: Japan declares war on Germany.
  • September 5 » World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.
  • September 13 » World War I: The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France.
  • September 22 » A German submarine sinks three British cruisers over a seventy-minute period, killing almost 1500 sailors.
  • 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

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• 1913 » Jean Fournet, French conductor († 2008)
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• 1917 » Marvin Miller, American baseball executive († 2012)
• 1917 » Valerie Hobson, English actress († 1998)