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Birthday March 28, 1914

• The temperature on March 28, 1914 was between -0.1 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
  • August 5 » World War I: The guns of Point Nepean fort at Port Phillip Heads in Victoria (Australia) fire across the bows of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer SSPfalz which is attempting to leave the Port of Melbourne in ignorance of the declaration of war and she is detained; this is said to be the first Allied shot of the War.
  • August 30 » World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg.
  • September 13 » World War I: The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France.
  • October 18 » The Schoenstatt Movement is founded in Germany.
  • November 9 » SMSEmden is sunk by HMASSydney in the Battle of Cocos.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1914 » Bohumil Hrabal, Czech author († 1997)
• 1914 » Edmund Muskie, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 58th United States Secretary of State († 1996)
• 1914 » Edward Anhalt, American screenwriter and producer († 2000)
• 1914 » Everett Ruess, American explorer, poet, and painter († 1934)
• 1914 » Kenneth Richard Norris, Australian entomologist and academic († 2003)