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Birthday January 3, 1914

• The temperature on January 3, 1914 was between 5.0 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
  • March 7 » Prince William of Wied arrives in Albania to begin his reign as King.
  • April 9 » Mexican Revolution: One of the world's first naval/air skirmishes takes place off the coast of western Mexico.
  • September 3 » French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
  • September 22 » A German submarine sinks three British cruisers over a seventy-minute period, killing almost 1500 sailors.
  • October 18 » The Schoenstatt Movement is founded in Germany.
  • November 23 » Mexican Revolution: The last of U.S. forces withdraw from Veracruz, occupied seven months earlier in response to the Tampico Affair.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Armand Lohikoski, American-Finnish actor, director, and screenwriter († 2005)
• 1912 » Federico Borrell García, Spanish soldier († 1936)
• 1912 » Renaude Lapointe, Canadian journalist and politician († 2002)
• 1915 » Jack Levine, American painter and soldier († 2010)
• 1916 » Betty Furness, American actress and television journalist († 1994)
• 1916 » Fred Haas, American golfer († 2004)