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Birthday May 3, 1914

• The temperature on May 3, 1914 was between 0.9 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
  • February 13 » Copyright: In New York City the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members.
  • June 23 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.
  • August 28 » World War I: German troops take the city of Namur in Belgium.
  • September 5 » World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.
  • September 17 » Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
  • December 15 » A gas explosion at Mitsubishi Hōjō coal mine, in Kyushu, Japan, kills 687.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » May Sarton, American poet, novelist and memoirist († 1995)
• 1912 » Virgil Fox, American organist and composer († 1980)
• 1913 » William Inge, American playwright and novelist († 1973)
• 1914 » Georges-Emmanuel Clancier, French journalist, author, and poet († 2018))
• 1915 » Richard Lippold, American sculptor and academic († 2002)
• 1915 » Stu Hart, Canadian wrestler and trainer, founded Stampede Wrestling († 2003)