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Birthday April 29, 1914

• The temperature on April 29, 1914 was between 5.0 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • March 7 » Prince William of Wied arrives in Albania to begin his reign as King.
  • August 15 » World War I: The First Russian Army, led by Paul von Rennenkampf, enters East Prussia.
  • 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.
  • September 8 » World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
  • September 14 » HMASAE1, the Royal Australian Navy's first submarine, was lost at sea with all hands near East New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
  • September 16 » World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » Tom Ewell, American actor († 1994)
• 1912 » Richard Carlson, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1977)
• 1915 » Henry H. Barschall, German-American physicist and academic († 1997)
• 1917 » Celeste Holm, American actress and singer († 2012)
• 1917 » Maya Deren, Ukrainian-American director, poet, and photographer († 1961)
• 1918 » George Allen, American football player and coach († 1990)