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Birthday January 24, 1914

• The temperature on January 24, 1914 was between -11.6 °C and -0.4 °C and averaged -6.1 °C. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 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.
  • February 26 » HMHSBritannic, sister to the RMSTitanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
  • April 9 » Mexican Revolution: One of the world's first naval/air skirmishes takes place off the coast of western Mexico.
  • June 23 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.
  • 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 21 » World War I: The Battle of Charleroi, a successful German attack across the River Sambre that pre-empted a French offensive in the same area.
  • September 1 » The last known passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Frederick Ashworth, American admiral († 2005)
• 1913 » Norman Dello Joio, American organist and composer († 2008)
• 1913 » Ray Stehr, Australian rugby league player and coach († 1983)
• 1915 » Robert Motherwell, American painter and academic († 1991)
• 1915 » Vítězslava Kaprálová, Czech composer and conductor († 1940)
• 1916 » Rafael Caldera, Venezuelan lawyer and politician, 65th President of Venezuela († 2009)