Genealogy Van Raam » Philip Coezijn (1914-)

Birthday December 6, 1914

• The temperature on December 6, 1914 was between 1.5 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
  • 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 9 » Start of the Battle of Mulhouse, part of a French attempt to recover the province of Alsace and the first French offensive of World War I.
  • August 20 » World War I: Brussels is captured during the German invasion of Belgium.
  • August 28 » World War I: The Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
  • November 23 » Mexican Revolution: The last of U.S. forces withdraw from Veracruz, occupied seven months earlier in response to the Tampico Affair.
  • December 23 » World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Eleanor Holm, American swimmer and actress († 2004)
• 1913 » Karl Haas, German-American pianist, conductor, and radio host († 2005)
• 1914 » Cyril Washbrook, English cricketer († 1999)
• 1916 » Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and producer († 1986)
• 1916 » Kristján Eldjárn, Icelandic educator and politician, 3rd President of Iceland († 1982)
• 1916 » Yekaterina Budanova, Russian captain and pilot († 1943)