Dreyer Tree » Susanna Johanna Dreyer (1914-)

Birthday September 14, 1914

• The temperature on September 14, 1914 was between 9.7 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • January 9 » The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African-American students at Howard University in Washington D.C., United States.
  • June 28 » Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo; this is the casus belli of World War I.
  • August 12 » World War I: The Battle of Halen a.k.a. Battle of the Silver Helmets a clash between large Belgian and German cavalry formations at Halen, Belgium.
  • August 14 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Lorraine, an unsuccessful French offensive designed to recover the lost province of Moselle from Germany.
  • September 11 » World War I: Australia invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.
  • October 19 » First World War: The First Battle of Ypres begins.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1914 » Clayton Moore, American actor († 1999)
• 1914 » Mae Boren Axton, American composer and educator († 1997)
• 1915 » John Dobson, Chinese-American astronomer and author, designed the Dobsonian telescope († 2014)
• 1916 » Eric Bentley, English-American singer, playwright, and critic