FutureHistory » Emiel Theophiel van Landeghem (1914-1983)

Birthday August 4, 1914

• The temperature on August 4, 1914 was between 12.6 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 8.0 mm of rain. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak 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 24 » The Franck–Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, is presented to the German Physical Society.
  • 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.
  • August 5 » In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
  • August 15 » World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I.
  • September 3 » French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
  • September 11 » World War I: Australia invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1913 » Johann Niemann, German lieutenant († 1943)
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• 1913 » Wesley Addy, American actor († 1996)
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