Genealogy Bovenschen, Looijenga, Van Gelderen en Van Donk » Anna Maria Josephina de Kok (1914-)

Birthday October 26, 1914

• The temperature on October 26, 1914 was between 10.9 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 14.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 30 » The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMSAquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
  • August 30 » World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg.
  • September 1 » The last known passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
  • September 8 » World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
  • October 27 » First World War: The new British battleship HMS Audacious is sunk by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser Berlin.
  • December 15 » A gas explosion at Mitsubishi Hōjō coal mine, in Kyushu, Japan, kills 687.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Don Siegel, American director and producer († 1991)
• 1913 » Charlie Barnet, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader († 1991)
• 1914 » Jackie Coogan, American actor and director († 1984)
• 1915 » Joe Fry, English race car driver († 1950)
• 1915 » Ray Crawford, American race car driver, fighter ace, test pilot, and businessman († 1996)
• 1916 » François Mitterrand, French lawyer and politician, 21st President of France († 1996)