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Birthday April 4, 1914

• The temperature on April 4, 1914 was between 0.4 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • March 1 » The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union.
  • April 20 » Nineteen men, women, and children die in the Ludlow Massacre during a Colorado coal-miners' strike.
  • July 29 » The Cape Cod Canal opened.
  • August 6 » World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic: Two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Heligoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.
  • September 11 » World War I: Australia invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.
  • September 26 » The United States Federal Trade Commission is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1914 » Marguerite Duras, French novelist, screenwriter, and director († 1996)
• 1914 » Richard Coogan, American actor († 2014)