genealogie vandersloot » Cornelis Pieterse (1914-)

Birthday March 9, 1914

• The temperature on March 9, 1914 was between 5.7 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 20.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 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 5 » The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and minimum daily wage of $5 in salary plus bonuses.
  • July 18 » The U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, giving official status to aircraft within the U.S. Army for the first time.
  • September 1 » St. Petersburg, Russia, changes its name to Petrograd.
  • October 5 » World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire.
  • October 9 » World War I: The Siege of Antwerp comes to an end.
  • December 15 » World War I: The Serbian Army recaptures Belgrade from the invading Austro-Hungarian Army.

Source: Wikipedia

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