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Birthday February 27, 1914

• The temperature on February 27, 1914 was between -1.1 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) 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.
  • March 7 » Prince William of Wied arrives in Albania to begin his reign as King.
  • September 5 » World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.
  • September 17 » Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
  • September 17 » World War I: The Race to the Sea begins.
  • October 9 » World War I: The Siege of Antwerp comes to an end.
  • November 9 » SMSEmden is sunk by HMASSydney in the Battle of Cocos.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Kusumagraj, Indian author, poet, and playwright († 1999)
• 1912 » Lawrence Durrell, Indian-French author, poet, and playwright († 1990)
• 1913 » Irwin Shaw, American author and screenwriter († 1984)
• 1913 » Kazimierz Sabbat, Polish soldier and politician, President of Poland († 1989)
• 1913 » Paul Ricœur, French philosopher and academic († 2005)
• 1915 » Denis Whitaker, Canadian general, football player, and businessman († 2001)