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Birthday October 13, 1914

• The temperature on October 13, 1914 was between 1.7 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
  • August 5 » World War I: The guns of Point Nepean fort at Port Phillip Heads in Victoria (Australia) fire across the bows of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer SSPfalz which is attempting to leave the Port of Melbourne in ignorance of the declaration of war and she is detained; this is said to be the first Allied shot of the War.
  • 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.
  • August 20 » World War I: Brussels is captured during the German invasion of Belgium.
  • August 28 » World War I: German troops take the city of Namur in Belgium.
  • September 1 » The last known passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
  • November 16 » The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1911 » Ashok Kumar, Indian film actor († 2001)
• 1911 » Millosh Gjergj Nikolla, Albanian poet and author († 1938)
• 1912 » Cornel Wilde, Slovak-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1989)
• 1913 » Igor Torkar, Slovenian poet and playwright († 2004)
• 1915 » Terry Frost, English painter and academic († 2003)
• 1917 » George Osmond, American talent manager († 2007)