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Birthday August 14, 1904

• The temperature on August 14, 1904 was between 9.9 °C and 24.3 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
  • January 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
  • February 8 » Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.
  • February 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
  • May 15 » Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima.
  • October 4 » The IFK Göteborg football club is founded in Sweden.
  • October 27 » The first underground New York City Subway line opens, later designated as the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1900 » Margret Boveri, German journalist, recipient of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany († 1975)
• 1901 » Alice Rivaz, Swiss pianist and author († 1998)
• 1903 » Lodewijk Bruckman, Dutch painter and illustrator († 1995)
• 1910 » Pierre Schaeffer, French composer and producer († 1995)
• 1910 » Willy Ronis, French photographer († 2009)
• 1911 » Jan Koetsier, Dutch composer and conductor († 2006)