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Birthday June 11, 1914

• The temperature on June 11, 1914 was between 9.3 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 7.1 mm of rain. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 17 » The Protocol of Corfu is signed, recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty.
  • May 25 » The House of Commons of the United Kingdom passes the Home Rule Bill for devolution in Ireland.
  • May 29 » The Ocean liner RMSEmpress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
  • July 4 » The funeral of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie takes place in Vienna, six days after their assassinations in Sarajevo.
  • August 9 » Start of the Battle of Mulhouse, part of a French attempt to recover the province of Alsace and the first French offensive of World War I.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » James Algar, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1998)
• 1913 » Risë Stevens, American soprano and actress († 2013)
• 1913 » Vince Lombardi, American football player, coach, and manager († 1970)
• 1914 » Jan Hendrik van den Berg, Dutch psychiatrist and academic († 2012)
• 1915 » Magda Gabor, Hungarian-American actress († 1997)
• 1915 » Nicholas Metropolis, American mathematician and physicist († 1999)