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Birthday March 29, 1914

• The temperature on March 29, 1914 was between -1.1 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 8 » First flights (for the Royal Thai Air Force) at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok.
  • June 23 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.
  • September 13 » World War I: The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France.
  • November 7 » The German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtao are captured by Japanese forces.
  • November 9 » SMSEmden is sunk by HMASSydney in the Battle of Cocos.
  • December 15 » A gas explosion at Mitsubishi Hōjō coal mine, in Kyushu, Japan, kills 687.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Hanna Reitsch, German soldier and pilot († 1979)
• 1914 » Chapman Pincher, Indian-English historian, journalist, and author († 2014)
• 1914 » Phil Foster, American actor († 1985)
• 1916 » Eugene McCarthy, American poet and politician († 2005)
• 1916 » Peter Geach, English philosopher and academic († 2013)
• 1917 » Tommy Holmes, American baseball player († 2008)