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Birthday February 6, 1914

• The temperature on February 6, 1914 was between -1.4 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • May 17 » The Protocol of Corfu is signed, recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty.
  • July 4 » The funeral of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie takes place in Vienna, six days after their assassinations in Sarajevo.
  • August 26 » World War I: During the retreat from Mons, the British II Corps commanded by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien fought a vigorous and successful defensive action at Le Cateau.
  • September 1 » St. Petersburg, Russia, changes its name to Petrograd.
  • December 8 » World War I: A squadron of Britain's Royal Navy defeats the Imperial German East Asia Squadron in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
  • December 15 » World War I: The Serbian Army recaptures Belgrade from the invading Austro-Hungarian Army.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Christopher Hill, English historian and author († 2003)
• 1912 » Eva Braun, German wife of Adolf Hitler († 1945)
• 1913 » Mary Leakey, English-Kenyan archaeologist and anthropologist († 1996)
• 1914 » Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor and singer († 2005)
• 1915 » Kavi Pradeep, Indian poet and songwriter († 1998)
• 1916 » John Crank, English mathematician and physicist († 2006)