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Birthday June 9, 1914

• The temperature on June 9, 1914 was between 5.7 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). 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.
  • July 4 » The funeral of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie takes place in Vienna, six days after their assassinations in Sarajevo.
  • August 15 » A servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright murders seven people and sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin.
  • September 3 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronné, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy.
  • November 15 » Harry Turner becomes the first player to die from game-related injuries in the "Ohio League", the direct predecessor to the National Football League.
  • 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 » Ingolf Dahl, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1970)
• 1915 » Jim McDonald, American football player and coach († 1997)
• 1915 » Les Paul, American guitarist and songwriter († 2009)
• 1916 » Jurij Brězan, German soldier and author († 2006)
• 1916 » Robert McNamara, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Defense († 2009)
• 1916 » Siegfried Graetschus, German SS officer († 1943)