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Birthday January 17, 1914

• The temperature on January 17, 1914 was between -4.4 °C and 0.4 °C and averaged -1.8 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 15 » A servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright murders seven people and sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin.
  • August 15 » World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I.
  • August 25 » World War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.
  • September 16 » World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.
  • 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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• 1914 » Anacleto Angelini, Italian-Chilean businessman († 2007)
• 1914 » Irving Brecher, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2008)
• 1914 » Paul Royle, Australian lieutenant and pilot († 2015)
• 1914 » William Stafford, American poet and author († 1993)
• 1916 » Peter Frelinghuysen Jr., American lieutenant and politician († 2011)