FutureHistory » Maria Estella Kamiel Temmerman (1914-)

Birthday March 21, 1914

• The temperature on March 21, 1914 was between 1.7 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 4 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.
  • January 9 » The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African-American students at Howard University in Washington D.C., United States.
  • February 13 » Copyright: In New York City the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members.
  • August 2 » The German occupation of Luxembourg during World War I begins.
  • August 14 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Lorraine, an unsuccessful French offensive designed to recover the lost province of Moselle from Germany.
  • November 2 » World War I: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire and the Dardanelles are subsequently closed.
  • November 13 » Zaian War: Berber tribesmen inflict the heaviest defeat of French forces in Morocco at the Battle of El Herri.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » André Laurendeau, Canadian journalist, playwright, and politician († 1968)
• 1913 » George Abecassis, English race car driver and pilot († 1991)
• 1913 » Guillermo Haro, Mexican astronomer († 1988)
• 1914 » Paul Tortelier, French cellist and composer († 1990)
• 1916 » Bismillah Khan, Indian shehnai player († 2006)
• 1916 » Ken Wharton, English race car driver († 1957)