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Birthday January 29, 1914

• The temperature on January 29, 1914 was between 1.9 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • January 5 » The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and minimum daily wage of $5 in salary plus bonuses.
  • August 3 » World War I: Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality.
  • August 5 » In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
  • September 22 » A German submarine sinks three British cruisers over a seventy-minute period, killing almost 1500 sailors.
  • November 7 » The German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtao are captured by Japanese forces.
  • November 23 » Mexican Revolution: The last of U.S. forces withdraw from Veracruz, occupied seven months earlier in response to the Tampico Affair.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1915 » Bill Peet, American author and illustrator († 2002)
• 1915 » John Serry Sr., Italian-American concert accordionist and composer (d.2003)
• 1917 » John Raitt, American actor and singer († 2005)
• 1918 » John Forsythe, American actor († 2010)
• 1921 » Geraldine Pittman Woods, American science administrator and embryologist († 1999)