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Birthday June 16, 1914

• The temperature on June 16, 1914 was between 12.0 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
  • 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 3 » World War I: Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality.
  • August 5 » World War I: The German minelayer SSKönigin Luise lays a minefield about 40 miles (64km) off the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMSAmphion.
  • August 12 » World War I: The Battle of Halen a.k.a. Battle of the Silver Helmets a clash between large Belgian and German cavalry formations at Halen, Belgium.
  • August 12 » World War I: The United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary; the countries of the British Empire follow suit.
  • November 7 » The first issue of The New Republic is published.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1914 » Eleanor Sokoloff, American pianist and teacher († 2020)
• 1915 » John Tukey, American mathematician and academic († 2000)
• 1915 » Marga Faulstich, German glass chemist († 1998)
• 1917 » Phaedon Gizikis, Greek general and politician, President of Greece († 1999)