FutureHistory » Maria Leopold van den Brande (1914-)

Birthday June 27, 1914

• The temperature on June 27, 1914 was between 8.9 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 13.4 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 1 » The SPT Airboat Line becomes the world's first scheduled airline to use a winged aircraft.
  • August 5 » In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
  • August 12 » World War I: The United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary; the countries of the British Empire follow suit.
  • September 11 » World War I: Australia invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.
  • November 2 » World War I: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire and the Dardanelles are subsequently closed.
  • December 25 » A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Elton Britt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1972)
• 1913 » Philip Guston, American painter and academic († 1980)
• 1914 » Giorgio Almirante, Italian journalist and politician († 1988)
• 1914 » Helena Benitez, Filipina academic and administrator († 2016)
• 1914 » Margaret Ekpo, Nigerian women's rights activist, social mobilizer and politician († 2006)
• 1914 » Robert Aickman, English author and activist, co-founded the Inland Waterways Association († 1981)