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April 8, 1914Born on Thursday April 9, 1914
- Adriana Antonia van Hulten, Baardwijk († 1949)
- Albertje Schurer, Makkinga († 1951)
- Alfred Lewis Percy LLEWELLYN, Lewisham, Kent († 1914)
- Adriana C. Timmermans, Naaldwijk
- Aaltjo Talens, Assen
- Adriana Catharina van Eersel, Rotterdam
- Aaltje BONT, Loppersum
- Adolf Johan Hendrik van Lohuizen, .......... († 1992)
- Alberta ten Asbroek, Haaksbergen
- Adriaantje TIMMER, Westbroek,, Utrecht, Nederland
Died on Thursday April 9, 1914
- Bouwe Gerbens Hamstra (63), Surhuizum, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
- Adriana Maria Hartog (60), Haarlem
- adrianus den HARTOG (65), s-gravendeel
- Anna Sanders (93), Haarlem
- Brunetta Termeer (Ter Meer) (74), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
- Bouwe Hamstra (63), Surhuizum, Achtkarspelen,, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland
- Anna Caroline Stanhope (81)
- Alice Porter (18), Kingston, Piute County, Utah, United States of America
- Carolina Wils (35), Poortugaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Adrianus Hartog den (65), 's-Gravendeel, ZH, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from April 9, 1914 at Delpher
Born on April 9
- 1910 » Abraham A. Ribicoff, American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services († 1998)
- 1912 » Lev Kopelev, Ukrainian-German author and academic († 1997)
- 1915 » Daniel Johnson Sr., Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Quebec († 1968)
- 1916 » Bill Leonard, American journalist († 1994)
- 1916 » Heinz Meyer, German Fallschirmjäger (paratrooper) during World War II († 1987)
- 1916 » Julian Dash, American swing music jazz tenor saxophonist († 1974)
- 1917 » Brad Dexter, American actor († 2002)
- 1917 » Henry Hewes, American theater writer († 2006)
- 1917 » Johannes Bobrowski, German songwriter and poet († 1965)
- 1917 » Ronnie Burgess, Welsh international footballer left-half and manager († 2005)
Died on April 9
- 1889 » Michel Eugène Chevreul, French chemist and academic (b. 1786)
- 1909 » Helena Modjeska, Polish-American actress (b. 1840)
- 1915 » Raymond Whittindale, English rugby player (b. 1883)
- 1917 » James Hope Moulton, English philologist and scholar (b. 1863)
- 1922 » Hans Fruhstorfer, German entomologist and explorer (b. 1866)
- 1926 » Zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (b. 1857)
- 1936 » Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1855)
- 1940 » Mrs Patrick Campbell, English actress (b. 1865)
- 1944 » Yevgeniya Rudneva, Ukrainian lieutenant and pilot (b. 1920)
- 1945 » Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German pastor and theologian (b. 1906)
Names that were popular for boys in 1914
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Jacobus
- Petrus
- Antonius
- Pieter
- Adrianus
- Wilhelmus
- Gerrit
- Gerardus
- Hendrikus
- Joseph
- Jacob
Names that were popular for girls in 1914
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Wilhelmina
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Petronella
- Jacoba
- Geertruida
- Helena
- Antonia
- Margaretha
- Marie
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.
- January 9 » The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African-American students at Howard University in Washington D.C., United States.
- August 5 » World War I: The German minelayer SSKönigin Luise lays a minefield about 40 miles (64km) off the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMSAmphion.
- August 5 » World War I: The guns of Point Nepean fort at Port Phillip Heads in Victoria (Australia) fire across the bows of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer SSPfalz which is attempting to leave the Port of Melbourne in ignorance of the declaration of war and she is detained; this is said to be the first Allied shot of the War.
- September 9 » World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
- November 2 » World War I: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire and the Dardanelles are subsequently closed.
- December 8 » World War I: A squadron of Britain's Royal Navy defeats the Imperial German East Asia Squadron in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
The weather on Thursday April 9, 1914
The temperature on April 9, 1914 was between 5.7 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI