Genealogy Van Melzen » Wijntje (Wijna) van den Doel (1914-)

Birthday March 10, 1914

• The temperature on March 10, 1914 was between -0.3 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
  • February 26 » HMHSBritannic, sister to the RMSTitanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
  • May 15 » During a poker game at the Gaiety Theatre in Galesburg, Illinois, comedian Art Fisher nicknames Chicko, Harpo, Groucho, and Gummo Marx.
  • August 23 » World War I: Japan declares war on Germany.
  • September 13 » World War I: The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France.
  • October 19 » First World War: The First Battle of Ypres begins.
  • November 16 » The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1915 » Harry Bertoia, Italian-American sculptor and furniture designer († 1978)
• 1915 » Joža Horvat, Croatian writer († 2012)
• 1917 » David Hare, American Surrealist artist, sculptor, photographer and painter († 1992)
• 1918 » Günther Rall, German general and pilot († 2009)
• 1920 » Alfred Peet, Dutch-American businessman, founded Peet's Coffee & Tea († 2007)
• 1923 » Val Logsdon Fitch, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2015)