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Birthday August 20, 1914

• The temperature on August 20, 1914 was between 9.5 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • August 12 » World War I: The Battle of Halen a.k.a. Battle of the Silver Helmets a clash between large Belgian and German cavalry formations at Halen, Belgium.
  • September 13 » World War I: The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France.
  • September 26 » The United States Federal Trade Commission is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
  • November 7 » The first issue of The New Republic is published.
  • November 15 » Harry Turner becomes the first player to die from game-related injuries in the "Ohio League", the direct predecessor to the National Football League.
  • December 15 » A gas explosion at Mitsubishi Hōjō coal mine, in Kyushu, Japan, kills 687.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Eero Saarinen, Finnish-American architect and furniture designer, designed the Gateway Arch († 1961)
• 1912 » John H. Michaelis, American general († 1985)
• 1913 » Roger Wolcott Sperry, American neuropsychologist and neurobiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)
• 1916 » Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian-German chess player and chemist († 1984)
• 1917 » Terry Sanford, 65th Governor of North Carolina († 1998)
• 1918 » Jacqueline Susann, American actress and author († 1974)