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Birthday February 16, 1914

• The temperature on February 16, 1914 was between 4.3 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 1 » The SPT Airboat Line becomes the world's first scheduled airline to use a winged aircraft.
  • August 4 » In response to the German invasion of Belgium, Belgium and the British Empire declare war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality.
  • September 3 » French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
  • September 18 » The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I.
  • October 5 » World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire.
  • November 5 » World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1914 » Jimmy Wakely, American country music singer-songwriter and actor († 1982)
• 1916 » Bill Doggett, African-American pianist and composer († 1996)
• 1919 » Georges Ulmer, Danish-French actor and composer († 1989)
• 1920 » Anna Mae Hays, American general († 2018)