Kennedy Family Tree » Ivy Jean Ancell (1914-1993)

Birthday April 10, 1914

• The temperature on April 10, 1914 was between 8.7 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
  • January 5 » The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and minimum daily wage of $5 in salary plus bonuses.
  • March 1 » The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union.
  • April 23 » First baseball game at Wrigley Field, then known as Weeghman Park, in Chicago.
  • May 30 » The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMSAquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
  • September 18 » The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I.
  • December 15 » A gas explosion at Mitsubishi Hōjō coal mine, in Kyushu, Japan, kills 687.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Boris Kidrič, Austrian-Slovenian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Slovenia († 1953)
• 1913 » Stefan Heym, German-American soldier and author († 2001)
• 1914 » Jack Badcock, Australian cricketer († 1982)
• 1915 » Harry Morgan, American actor and director († 2011)
• 1915 » Leo Vroman, Dutch-American hematologist, poet, and illustrator († 2014)
• 1916 » Lee Jung-seob, Korean painter († 1956)