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Born on Saturday December 19, 1914
Died on Saturday December 19, 1914

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from December 19, 1914 at Delpher


Born on December 19
  • 1909 » W. A. Criswell, American pastor and author († 2002)
  • 1910 » Jean Genet, French novelist, playwright, and poet († 1986)
  • 1914 » Mel Shaw, American animator and screenwriter († 2012)
  • 1915 » Édith Piaf, French singer-songwriter and actress († 1963)
  • 1915 » Claudia Testoni, Italian hurdler, sprinter, and long jumper († 1998)
  • 1916 » Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, German political scientist, journalist, and academic († 2010)
  • 1916 » Roy Ward Baker, English director and producer († 2010)
  • 1918 » Lee Rich, American producer and production manager († 2012)
  • 1918 » Professor Longhair, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1980)
  • 1920 » Little Jimmy Dickens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2015)

Died on December 19

Names that were popular for boys in 1914
  1. Johannes
  2. Jan
  3. Cornelis
  4. Hendrik
  5. Willem
  6. Pieter
  7. Gerrit
  8. Petrus
  9. Jacobus
  10. Adrianus
  11. Jacob
  12. Gerardus
  13. Antonius
  14. Wilhelmus
  15. Arie
  16. Hendrikus
Names that were popular for girls in 1914
  1. Maria
  2. Johanna
  3. Anna
  4. Cornelia
  5. Wilhelmina
  6. Elisabeth
  7. Hendrika
  8. Adriana
  9. Catharina
  10. Petronella
  11. Jacoba
  12. Grietje
  13. Geertruida
  14. Aaltje
  15. Helena
  16. Margaretha

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1914
  • 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.
  • March 1 » The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union.
  • July 11 » Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
  • November 1 » World War I: The first British Royal Navy defeat of the war with Germany, the Battle of Coronel, is fought off of the western coast of Chile, in the Pacific, with the loss of HMSGood Hope and HMSMonmouth.
  • November 26 » HMS Bulwark was destroyed by a large internal explosion with the loss of 741 men near Sheerness.
  • December 14 » Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressive Party (Partido Demócrata Progresista, PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • December 24 » World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.
Weather December 19, 1914

The temperature on December 19, 1914 was between 4.5 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 13.3 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.

Source: KNMI