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Birthday March 28, 1914

• The temperature on March 28, 1914 was between -0.3 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 3 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.
  • July 29 » The Cape Cod Canal opened.
  • 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 25 » World War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.
  • September 3 » William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
  • November 26 » HMS Bulwark was destroyed by a large internal explosion with the loss of 741 men near Sheerness.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1914 » Bohumil Hrabal, Czech author († 1997)
• 1914 » Edmund Muskie, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 58th United States Secretary of State († 1996)
• 1914 » Edward Anhalt, American screenwriter and producer († 2000)
• 1914 » Everett Ruess, American explorer, poet, and painter († 1934)
• 1914 » Kenneth Richard Norris, Australian entomologist and academic († 2003)