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Birthday April 10, 1914

• The temperature on April 10, 1914 was between 8.7 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (42%). 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 26 » HMHSBritannic, sister to the RMSTitanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
  • March 8 » First flights (for the Royal Thai Air Force) at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok.
  • August 2 » The German occupation of Luxembourg during World War I begins.
  • August 4 » In response to the German invasion of Belgium, Belgium and the British Empire declare war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality.
  • 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 24 » World War I: The Battle of Cer ends as the first Allied victory in the war.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Boris Kidrič, Austrian-Slovenian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Slovenia († 1953)
• 1913 » Stefan Heym, German-American soldier and author († 2001)
• 1914 » Jack Badcock, Australian cricketer († 1982)
• 1915 » Harry Morgan, American actor and director († 2011)
• 1915 » Leo Vroman, Dutch-American hematologist, poet, and illustrator († 2014)
• 1916 » Lee Jung-seob, Korean painter († 1956)