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Birthday June 29, 1914

• The temperature on June 29, 1914 was between 10.4 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
  • February 13 » Copyright: In New York City the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members.
  • 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.
  • November 2 » World War I: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire and the Dardanelles are subsequently closed.
  • 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 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.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1912 » John Toland, American historian and author († 2004)
• 1912 » José Pablo Moncayo, Mexican pianist, composer, and conductor († 1958)
• 1913 » Earle Meadows, American pole vaulter († 1992)
• 1914 » Christos Papakyriakopoulos, Greek-American mathematician and academic († 1976)
• 1914 » Rafael Kubelík, Czech-American conductor and composer († 1996)