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Birthday January 5, 1914

• The temperature on January 5, 1914 was between 1.3 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 8.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
  • April 9 » Mexican Revolution: One of the world's first naval/air skirmishes takes place off the coast of western Mexico.
  • August 4 » In response to the German invasion of Belgium, Belgium and the British Empire declare war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality.
  • August 23 » World War I: Japan declares war on Germany.
  • November 2 » World War I: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire and the Dardanelles are subsequently closed.
  • November 7 » The German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtao are captured by Japanese forces.
  • December 8 » World War I: A squadron of Britain's Royal Navy defeats the Imperial German East Asia Squadron in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1914 » George Reeves, American actor and director († 1959)
• 1914 » Nicolas de Staël, Russian-French painter and illustrator († 1955)
• 1915 » Arthur H. Robinson, Canadian geographer and cartographer († 2004)
• 1917 » Francis L. Kellogg, American businessman and diplomat († 2006)
• 1917 » Wieland Wagner, German director and producer († 1966)