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Birthday January 22, 1914

• The temperature on January 22, 1914 was between -6.9 °C and -0.6 °C and averaged -2.8 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
  • May 29 » The Ocean liner RMSEmpress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
  • July 11 » Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
  • August 20 » World War I: Brussels is captured during the German invasion of Belgium.
  • September 8 » World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
  • October 5 » World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire.
  • November 28 » World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Carl F. H. Henry, American theologian and publisher († 2003)
• 1913 » Henry Bauchau, Belgian psychoanalyst and author († 2012)
• 1913 » William Conway, Irish cardinal († 1977)
• 1914 » Dimitris Dragatakis, Greek violinist and composer († 2001)
• 1915 » Heinrich Albertz, German theologian and politician, Mayor of Berlin († 1993)
• 1916 » Bill Durnan, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1972)