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Birthday July 8, 1914

• The temperature on July 8, 1914 was between 7.7 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 3 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.
  • April 9 » Mexican Revolution: One of the world's first naval/air skirmishes takes place off the coast of western Mexico.
  • 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 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.
  • September 17 » Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
  • October 27 » First World War: The new British battleship HMS Audacious is sunk by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser Berlin.
  • November 13 » Zaian War: Berber tribesmen inflict the heaviest defeat of French forces in Morocco at the Battle of El Herri.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1914 » Billy Eckstine, American singer and trumpet player († 1993)
• 1914 » Jyoti Basu, Indian politician, 6th Chief Minister of West Bengal († 2010)
• 1915 » Lowell English, United States Marine Corps general († 2005)
• 1915 » Neil D. Van Sickle, American Air Force major general († 2019)
• 1916 » Jean Rouverol, American author, actress and screenwriter († 2017)