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Birthday February 21, 1914

• The temperature on February 21, 1914 was between 4.5 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • September 9 » World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
  • September 11 » World War I: Australia invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.
  • November 9 » SMSEmden is sunk by HMASSydney in the Battle of Cocos.
  • November 26 » HMS Bulwark was destroyed by a large internal explosion with the loss of 741 men near Sheerness.
  • December 14 » Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressive Party (Partido Demócrata Progresista, PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1914 » Zachary Scott, American actor († 1965)
• 1915 » Ann Sheridan, American actress and singer († 1967)
• 1915 » Anton Vratuša, Prime Minister of Slovenia (1978–1980) († 2017)
• 1915 » Claudia Jones, Trinidad-British journalist and activist († 1964)