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Birthday April 17, 1914

• The temperature on April 17, 1914 was between 1.8 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
  • May 29 » The Ocean liner RMSEmpress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
  • August 6 » World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
  • August 15 » World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I.
  • August 26 » World War I: During the retreat from Mons, the British II Corps commanded by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien fought a vigorous and successful defensive action at Le Cateau.
  • August 29 » World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Marta Eggerth, Jewish-Hungarian-American actress and singer († 2013)
• 1914 » George Davis, American art director († 1984)
• 1914 » Mac Raboy, American illustrator († 1967)
• 1915 » Joe Foss, American general and politician, 20th Governor of South Dakota († 2003)
• 1915 » Martin Clemens, Scottish soldier († 2009)
• 1915 » Regina Ghazaryan, Armenian painter († 1999)