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Birthday September 6, 1914

• The temperature on September 6, 1914 was between 7.3 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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.
  • March 1 » The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union.
  • May 17 » The Protocol of Corfu is signed, recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty.
  • June 12 » Massacre of Phocaea: Turkish irregulars slaughter 50 to 100 Greeks and expel thousands of others in an ethnic cleansing operation in the Ottoman Empire.
  • June 28 » Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo; this is the casus belli of World War I.
  • August 15 » World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I.
  • September 3 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronné, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1911 » Harry Danning, American baseball player and coach († 2004)
• 1912 » Wayne Barlow, American organist, composer, and director († 1996)
• 1913 » Julie Gibson, American actress and singer († 2019)
• 1913 » Leônidas, Brazilian footballer († 2004)
• 1915 » Ed Oliver, American golfer († 1961)
• 1915 » Franz Josef Strauss, German lieutenant and politician, Minister President of Bavaria († 1988)