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Birthday September 15, 1914

• The temperature on September 15, 1914 was between 9.0 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 4 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.
  • March 1 » The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union.
  • March 7 » Prince William of Wied arrives in Albania to begin his reign as King.
  • June 23 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.
  • 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.
  • September 3 » William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
  • December 14 » Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressive Party (Partido Demócrata Progresista, PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Bruno Hoffmann, German glass harp player († 1991)
• 1913 » Henry Brant, Canadian-American composer and conductor († 2008)
• 1914 » Adolfo Bioy Casares, Argentinian journalist and author († 1999)
• 1914 » Creighton Abrams, American general († 1974)
• 1914 » Orhan Kemal, Turkish author († 1970)
• 1914 » Robert McCloskey, American author and illustrator († 2003)