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Birthday September 21, 1914

• The temperature on September 21, 1914 was between 7.6 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
  • August 23 » World War I: The British Expeditionary Force and the French Fifth Army begin their Great Retreat before the German Army.
  • August 26 » World War I: The German colony of Togoland surrenders to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign.
  • September 1 » St. Petersburg, Russia, changes its name to Petrograd.
  • September 13 » World War I: The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France.
  • November 5 » World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire.
  • December 25 » A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Meinrad Schütter, Swiss composer († 2006)
• 1912 » Chuck Jones, American animator, producer, and screenwriter († 2002)
• 1912 » György Sándor, Hungarian pianist and composer († 2005)
• 1916 » Françoise Giroud, Swiss-French journalist and politician, French Minister of Culture († 2003)
• 1917 » Phyllis Nicolson, English mathematician and academic († 1968)
• 1918 » John Gofman, American physicist, chemist, and biologist († 2007)