Family tree Jacobs » Joseph Johannes Antonius Broekman (1914-)

Birthday November 21, 1914

• The temperature on November 21, 1914 was between -4.5 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged -1.6 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • May 17 » The Protocol of Corfu is signed, recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty.
  • June 12 » Massacre of Phocaea: Turkish irregulars slaughter 50 to 100 Greeks and expel thousands of others in an ethnic cleansing operation in the Ottoman Empire.
  • September 13 » World War I: The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France.
  • October 29 » Ottoman entry into World War I.
  • November 23 » Mexican Revolution: The last of U.S. forces withdraw from Veracruz, occupied seven months earlier in response to the Tampico Affair.
  • November 26 » HMS Bulwark was destroyed by a large internal explosion with the loss of 741 men near Sheerness.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1914 » Henri Laborit, French physician and philosopher († 1995)
• 1914 » Nusret Fişek, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health († 1990)
• 1915 » Norm Smith, Australian footballer and coach († 1973)