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Birthday July 19, 1914

• The temperature on July 19, 1914 was between 10.2 °C and 25.2 °C and averaged 18.9 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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.
  • April 9 » Mexican Revolution: One of the world's first naval/air skirmishes takes place off the coast of western Mexico.
  • May 15 » During a poker game at the Gaiety Theatre in Galesburg, Illinois, comedian Art Fisher nicknames Chicko, Harpo, Groucho, and Gummo Marx.
  • 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 15 » World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I.
  • 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

• 1912 » Peter Leo Gerety, American prelate († 2016)
• 1913 » Kay Linaker, American actress and screenwriter († 2008)
• 1914 » Marius Russo, American baseball player († 2005)
• 1915 » Åke Hellman, Finnish painter († 2017)
• 1916 » Phil Cavarretta, American baseball player and manager († 2010)
• 1917 » William Scranton, American captain and politician, 13th United States Ambassador to the United Nations († 2013)