Genealogy Van Houdt » Johanna Catharina Hubertina Maria Lacroix (1914-< 2014)

Birthday April 18, 1914

• The temperature on April 18, 1914 was between 4.7 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
  • July 23 » Austria-Hungary issues a series of demands in an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia demanding Serbia to allow the Austrians to determine who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Serbia accepts all but one of those demands and Austria declares war on July 28.
  • 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.
  • August 23 » World War I: Japan declares war on Germany.
  • September 1 » St. Petersburg, Russia, changes its name to Petrograd.
  • October 19 » First World War: The First Battle of Ypres begins.
  • December 8 » World War I: A squadron of Britain's Royal Navy defeats the Imperial German East Asia Squadron in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1911 » Maurice Goldhaber, Ukrainian Jewish-American physicist and academic († 2011)
• 1914 » Claire Martin, Canadian author († 2014)
• 1915 » Joy Davidman, Polish-Ukrainian Jewish American poet and author († 1960)
• 1916 » Carl Burgos, American illustrator († 1984)
• 1916 » Doug Peden, Canadian basketball player († 2005)