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Birthday April 22, 1914

• The temperature on April 22, 1914 was between 7.7 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • 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.
  • September 13 » World War I: The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France.
  • October 27 » First World War: The new British battleship HMS Audacious is sunk by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser Berlin.
  • 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 » Kaneto Shindo, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter († 2012)
• 1912 » Kathleen Ferrier, English operatic singer († 1953)
• 1914 » Baldev Raj Chopra, Indian director and producer († 2008)
• 1914 » Jan de Hartog, Dutch-American author and playwright († 2002)
• 1914 » José Quiñones Gonzales, Peruvian soldier and pilot († 1941)
• 1914 » Michael Wittmann, German SS officer († 1944)