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Birthday February 2, 1914

• The temperature on February 2, 1914 was between 0.2 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • July 18 » The U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, giving official status to aircraft within the U.S. Army for the first time.
  • August 28 » World War I: The Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
  • August 30 » World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg.
  • November 1 » World War I: The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) departed by ship in a single convoy from Albany, Western Australia bound for Egypt.
  • November 7 » The German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtao are captured by Japanese forces.
  • November 16 » The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Millvina Dean, English civil servant and cartographer († 2009)
• 1913 » Poul Reichhardt, Danish actor and singer († 1985)
• 1914 » Eric Kierans, Canadian economist and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Communications († 2004)
• 1915 » Abba Eban, South African-Israeli politician and diplomat, 1st Israel Ambassador to the United Nations († 2002)
• 1915 » Khushwant Singh, Indian journalist and author († 2014)
• 1915 » Stan Leonard, Canadian golfer († 2005)