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Birthday December 25, 1914

• The temperature on December 25, 1914 was between -6.0 °C and 1.0 °C and averaged -2.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • March 7 » Prince William of Wied arrives in Albania to begin his reign as King.
  • April 23 » First baseball game at Wrigley Field, then known as Weeghman Park, in Chicago.
  • July 18 » The U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, giving official status to aircraft within the U.S. Army for the first time.
  • August 2 » The German occupation of Luxembourg during World War I begins.
  • August 24 » World War I: The Battle of Cer ends as the first Allied victory in the war.
  • August 29 » World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.

Source: Wikipedia

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