Dreyer Tree » Esme Thelma Elizabeth Dreyer (1914-)

Birthday December 27, 1914

• The temperature on December 27, 1914 was between 0.3 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1 » The SPT Airboat Line becomes the world's first scheduled airline to use a winged aircraft.
  • January 5 » The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and minimum daily wage of $5 in salary plus bonuses.
  • April 9 » Mexican Revolution: One of the world's first naval/air skirmishes takes place off the coast of western Mexico.
  • July 28 » In the culmination of the July Crisis, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, igniting World War I.
  • August 30 » World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg.
  • October 9 » World War I: The Siege of Antwerp comes to an end.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1911 » Anna Russell, English-Canadian singer and actress († 2006)
• 1915 » Gyula Zsengellér, Hungarian-Cypriot footballer and manager († 1999)
• 1915 » William Masters, American gynecologist, author, and academic († 2001)
• 1916 » Cathy Lewis, American actress († 1968)
• 1916 » Werner Baumbach, German pilot († 1953)
• 1917 » Buddy Boudreaux, American saxophonist and clarinet player († 2015)