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Birthday March 19, 1914

• The temperature on March 19, 1914 was between 1.0 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (26%). 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.
  • August 6 » World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
  • September 3 » William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
  • September 9 » World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
  • November 7 » The German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtao are captured by Japanese forces.
  • November 26 » HMS Bulwark was destroyed by a large internal explosion with the loss of 741 men near Sheerness.
  • December 25 » A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Hugh Watt, Australian-New Zealand engineer and politician, Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1980)
• 1914 » Jay Berwanger, American football player and coach († 2002)
• 1914 » Leonidas Alaoglu, Canadian-American mathematician and theorist († 1981)
• 1915 » Patricia Morison, American actress and singer († 2018)
• 1915 » Robert G. Cole, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient († 1944)
• 1916 » Eric Christmas, English-Canadian actor († 2000)