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Birthday April 1, 1914

• The temperature on April 1, 1914 was between 4.3 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 5 » The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and minimum daily wage of $5 in salary plus bonuses.
  • May 17 » The Protocol of Corfu is signed, recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty.
  • August 6 » World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
  • September 3 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronné, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy.
  • November 28 » World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.
  • December 25 » A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1911 » Augusta Braxton Baker, African American librarian († 1998)
• 1913 » Memos Makris, Greek sculptor († 1993)
• 1915 » O. W. Fischer, Austrian-Swiss actor and director († 2004)
• 1916 » Sheila May Edmonds, British mathematician († 2002)
• 1917 » Melville Shavelson, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2007)
• 1917 » Sydney Newman, Canadian screenwriter and producer, co-created Doctor Who († 1997)