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Birthday May 7, 1914

• The temperature on May 7, 1914 was between 7.7 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). 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 5 » The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and minimum daily wage of $5 in salary plus bonuses.
  • July 28 » In the culmination of the July Crisis, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, igniting World War I.
  • August 1 » The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire at the opening of World War I. The Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I.
  • August 5 » World War I: The German minelayer SSKönigin Luise lays a minefield about 40 miles (64km) off the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMSAmphion.
  • August 5 » World War I: The guns of Point Nepean fort at Port Phillip Heads in Victoria (Australia) fire across the bows of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer SSPfalz which is attempting to leave the Port of Melbourne in ignorance of the declaration of war and she is detained; this is said to be the first Allied shot of the War.
  • October 9 » World War I: The Siege of Antwerp comes to an end.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Pannalal Patel, Indian author († 1989)
• 1913 » John Spencer Hardy, American general († 2012)
• 1913 » Simon Ramo, American physicist and engineer († 2016)
• 1914 » Arthur Snelling, English civil servant and diplomat. British Ambassador to South Africa († 1996)
• 1916 » Huw Wheldon, Welsh-English broadcaster († 1986)
• 1916 » W. B. Young, Scottish rugby player and physician († 2013)