About the day » Saturday November 21, 1914Calender converter

• Aaltje Steffens Jonkman, Noordwolde
• Albertje Bergsma, Nijlamer, Friesland, Netherlands († 1990)
• 9-1939b Kester Clyde Romans, prob. WVA († 1970)
• Albert Max Joosten, Amsterdam († 1980)
• Alida Schenk, Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1918)
• Anna Elisabeth Westerwoudt, Utrecht,Gemeente Utrecht,Utrecht,Netherlands
• Adrienne Mandeville, Woesten,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1995)
• Agniet van der Tol, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1986)
• Adriana Cornelia Désiré Soontiens, Breda, Nederland († 1960)
• * Cornelis Josephus Quirijnen, Hoeven († 1996)

• Anna Margrieta Camijn (66), Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Apolonia de Vries (75), Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Verwoert (0), Opheusden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arnold Izaäk Kan (79), Assen, Drenthe, Niederlande
• Anna Cornelia VOERMAN (74), Moergestel,North Brabant,Netherlands
• Anna Koenen (50), Hilversum, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Voerman (74), Moergestel
• Amalia Dorothea Charlotte Louise Voogt (80), Salt Lake City, Utah United States of America
• Adriana Maria Riedijk (11), Maassluis,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• - Exalto (0), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1908 » Leo Politi, Italian-American author and illustrator († 1996)
• 1912 » Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer († 1982)
• 1913 » Gunnar Kangro, Estonian mathematician, author, and academic († 1975)
• 1913 » John Boulting, English director, producer, and screenwriter († 1985)
• 1913 » Roy Boulting, English director, producer, and screenwriter († 2001)
• 1914 » Henri Laborit, French physician and philosopher († 1995)
• 1914 » Nusret Fişek, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health († 1990)
• 1915 » Norm Smith, Australian footballer and coach († 1973)
• 1916 » Sid Luckman, American football player and soldier († 1998)
• 1919 » Paul Bogart, American director and producer († 2012)

• 1899 » Garret Hobart, American lawyer and politician, 24th Vice President of the United States (b. 1844)
• 1907 » Harry Boyle, Australian cricketer (b. 1847)
• 1907 » Paula Modersohn-Becker, German painter (b. 1876)
• 1908 » Carl Friedrich Schmidt, German-Russian geologist and botanist (b. 1832)
• 1909 » Peder Severin Krøyer, Norwegian-Danish painter (b. 1851)
• 1916 » Franz Joseph I of Austria (b. 1830)
• 1922 » Ricardo Flores Magón, Mexican journalist and activist (b. 1874)
• 1926 » Edward Cummins, American golfer (b. 1886)
• 1928 » Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line (b. 1858)
• 1934 » John Scaddan, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1876)

• 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.
• The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
• April 20 » Nineteen men, women, and children die in the Ludlow Massacre during a Colorado coal-miners' strike.
• July 11 » USSNevada(BB-36) is launched.
• August 6 » World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
• 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 14 » HMASAE1, the Royal Australian Navy's first submarine, was lost at sea with all hands near East New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
• November 7 » The first issue of The New Republic is published.

The temperature on November 21, 1914 was between -4.5 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged -1.6 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.