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Birthday March 1, 1914

• The temperature on March 1, 1914 was between -0.7 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 3 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 9 » The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African-American students at Howard University in Washington D.C., United States.
  • March 7 » Prince William of Wied arrives in Albania to begin his reign as King.
  • April 24 » The Franck–Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, is presented to the German Physical Society.
  • August 12 » World War I: The Battle of Halen a.k.a. Battle of the Silver Helmets a clash between large Belgian and German cavalry formations at Halen, Belgium.
  • December 23 » World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.
  • December 25 » A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1912 » Boris Chertok, Polish-Russian engineer and academic († 2011)
• 1912 » Gerald Emmett Carter, Canadian cardinal († 2003)
• 1914 » Harry Caray, American sportscaster († 1998)
• 1914 » Ralph Ellison, American novelist and literary critic († 1994)
• 1917 » Robert Lowell, American poet († 1977)