Family Tree Hugh J. McNichol IV » William Bowdoin Davis (1914-1989)

Birthday August 17, 1914

• The temperature on August 17, 1914 was between 12.7 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
  • May 17 » The Protocol of Corfu is signed, recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty.
  • August 23 » World War I: Japan declares war on Germany.
  • October 5 » World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire.
  • October 29 » Ottoman entry into World War I.
  • November 7 » The German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtao are captured by Japanese forces.
  • November 7 » The first issue of The New Republic is published.

Source: Wikipedia

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