Genealogy Verbist-Theunissen » Johannes Hubertus Petrus Laenen (1914-)

Birthday May 21, 1914

• The temperature on May 21, 1914 was between 8.9 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
  • January 1 » The SPT Airboat Line becomes the world's first scheduled airline to use a winged aircraft.
  • March 1 » The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union.
  • June 23 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.
  • 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.
  • September 17 » World War I: The Race to the Sea begins.

Source: Wikipedia

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