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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.
  • March 7 » Prince William of Wied arrives in Albania to begin his reign as King.
  • August 24 » World War I: The Battle of Cer ends as the first Allied victory in the war.
  • September 3 » William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
  • September 16 » World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.
  • October 9 » World War I: The Siege of Antwerp comes to an end.
  • November 26 » HMS Bulwark was destroyed by a large internal explosion with the loss of 741 men near Sheerness.

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)