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Birthday January 21, 1914

• The temperature on January 21, 1914 was between -6.2 °C and 1.4 °C and averaged -1.4 °C. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 5 » The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and minimum daily wage of $5 in salary plus bonuses.
  • May 15 » During a poker game at the Gaiety Theatre in Galesburg, Illinois, comedian Art Fisher nicknames Chicko, Harpo, Groucho, and Gummo Marx.
  • July 11 » USSNevada(BB-36) is launched.
  • August 15 » World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I.
  • August 20 » World War I: Brussels is captured during the German invasion of Belgium.
  • August 21 » World War I: The Battle of Charleroi, a successful German attack across the River Sambre that pre-empted a French offensive in the same area.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1915 » Orazio Mariani, Italian sprinter († 1981)
• 1916 » Pietro Rava, Italian footballer († 2006)
• 1916 » Zypora Spaisman, Polish midwife; American and Yiddish-language actress; producer of the Yiddish stage († 2002)