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Birthday December 9, 1914

• The temperature on December 9, 1914 was between 6.0 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain. 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.
  • 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.
  • March 8 » First flights (for the Royal Thai Air Force) at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok.
  • April 9 » Mexican Revolution: One of the world's first naval/air skirmishes takes place off the coast of western Mexico.
  • August 14 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Lorraine, an unsuccessful French offensive designed to recover the lost province of Moselle from Germany.
  • September 16 » World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.
  • November 26 » HMS Bulwark was destroyed by a large internal explosion with the loss of 741 men near Sheerness.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Tip O'Neill, American lawyer and politician, 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1994)
• 1914 » Frances Reid, American actress († 2010)
• 1914 » Ljubica Sokić, Serbian painter and illustrator († 2009)
• 1914 » Max Manus, Norwegian lieutenant († 1996)
• 1915 » Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German-Austrian soprano and actress († 2006)
• 1915 » Eloise Jarvis McGraw, American author († 2000)