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Birthday December 5, 1914

• The temperature on December 5, 1914 was between 3.1 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) 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.
  • June 28 » Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo; this is the casus belli of World War I.
  • July 11 » USSNevada(BB-36) is launched.
  • August 5 » World War I: The German minelayer SSKönigin Luise lays a minefield about 40 miles (64km) off the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMSAmphion.
  • October 19 » First World War: The First Battle of Ypres begins.
  • November 7 » The German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtao are captured by Japanese forces.
  • December 24 » World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Kate Simon, American travel writer († 1990)
• 1912 » Sonny Boy Williamson II, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player († 1965)
• 1913 » Esther Borja, Cuban soprano and actress († 2013)
• 1914 » Hans Hellmut Kirst, German lieutenant and author († 1989)
• 1916 » Hilary Koprowski, Polish-American virologist and immunologist, created the world's first effective live polio vaccine († 2013)
• 1916 » Walt McPherson, American basketball player and coach († 2013)