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Birthday October 24, 1914

• The temperature on October 24, 1914 was between 6.7 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • January 1 » The SPT Airboat Line becomes the world's first scheduled airline to use a winged aircraft.
  • July 23 » Austria-Hungary issues a series of demands in an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia demanding Serbia to allow the Austrians to determine who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Serbia accepts all but one of those demands and Austria declares war on July 28.
  • August 24 » World War I: German troops capture Namur.
  • September 3 » William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
  • September 5 » World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.
  • November 16 » The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Tito Gobbi, Italian actor and singer († 1984)
• 1914 » Charles Craig Cannon, American colonel († 1992)
• 1914 » František Čapek, Czechoslovakian canoeist († 2008)
• 1914 » Lakshmi Sahgal, Indian Independence movement revolutionary and Officer of Indian National Army († 2012)
• 1915 » Bob Kane, American author and illustrator († 1998)
• 1915 » Marghanita Laski, English journalist and author († 1988)