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Birthday April 28, 1914

• The temperature on April 28, 1914 was between 5.4 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
  • April 9 » Mexican Revolution: One of the world's first naval/air skirmishes takes place off the coast of western Mexico.
  • 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.
  • August 15 » The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SSAncon.
  • August 26 » World War I: The German colony of Togoland surrenders to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign.
  • September 3 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronné, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy.
  • September 9 » World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1911 » Lee Falk, American director, producer, and playwright († 1999)
• 1912 » Kaneto Shindō, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter († 2012)
• 1912 » Odette Hallowes, French soldier and spy († 1995)
• 1913 » Rose Murphy, American singer († 1989)
• 1914 » Michel Mohrt, French author, historian († 2011)
• 1916 » Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian businessman, created Lamborghini († 1993)