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Birthday March 31, 1914

• The temperature on March 31, 1914 was between 7.1 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
  • August 12 » World War I: The United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary; the countries of the British Empire follow suit.
  • August 15 » The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SSAncon.
  • September 3 » William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
  • September 17 » Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
  • December 25 » A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » William Lederer, American soldier and author († 2009)
• 1913 » Etta Baker, African-American singer and guitarist († 2006)
• 1914 » Dagmar Lange, Swedish author († 1991)
• 1914 » Octavio Paz, Mexican poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate († 1998)
• 1915 » Albert Hourani, English historian and author († 1993)
• 1915 » Shoichi Yokoi, Japanese sergeant († 1997)