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Birthday April 14, 1914

• The temperature on April 14, 1914 was between 3.6 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • January 9 » The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African-American students at Howard University in Washington D.C., United States.
  • February 26 » HMHSBritannic, sister to the RMSTitanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
  • July 4 » The funeral of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie takes place in Vienna, six days after their assassinations in Sarajevo.
  • August 21 » World War I: The Battle of Charleroi, a successful German attack across the River Sambre that pre-empted a French offensive in the same area.
  • September 14 » HMASAE1, the Royal Australian Navy's first submarine, was lost at sea with all hands near East New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
  • November 16 » The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Georg Siimenson, Estonian footballer († 1978)
• 1912 » Robert Doisneau, French photographer and journalist († 1994)
• 1913 » Jean Fournet, French conductor († 2008)
• 1916 » Don Willesee, Australian telegraphist and politician, 29th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs († 2003)
• 1917 » Marvin Miller, American baseball executive († 2012)
• 1917 » Valerie Hobson, English actress († 1998)