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Birthday October 28, 1914

• The temperature on October 28, 1914 was between 4.5 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak 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.
  • 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.
  • May 25 » The House of Commons of the United Kingdom passes the Home Rule Bill for devolution in Ireland.
  • July 11 » Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
  • August 25 » World War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.
  • 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.
  • September 9 » World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Richard Doll, English physiologist and epidemiologist († 2005)
• 1914 » Glenn Robert Davis, American lieutenant and politician († 1988)
• 1914 » Jonas Salk, American biologist and physician († 1995)
• 1914 » Richard Laurence Millington Synge, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)
• 1916 » Pearl Hackney, English actress († 2009)
• 1917 » Jack Soo, American actor and singer († 1979)