Family tree Sloot » Adriaan Joost Willem Sloot (1914-± 1968)

Birthday March 20, 1914

• The temperature on March 20, 1914 was between 2.1 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 9.3 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • March 1 » The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union.
  • April 23 » First baseball game at Wrigley Field, then known as Weeghman Park, in Chicago.
  • August 15 » World War I: The First Russian Army, led by Paul von Rennenkampf, enters East Prussia.
  • September 5 » World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.
  • November 7 » The first issue of The New Republic is published.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Ralph Hauenstein, American businessman and philanthropist († 2016)
• 1913 » Nikolai Stepulov, Russian-Estonian boxer († 1968)
• 1914 » Wendell Corey, American actor and politician († 1968)
• 1915 » Rudolf Kirchschläger, Austrian judge and politician, 8th President of Austria († 2000)
• 1915 » Sister Rosetta Tharpe, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1973)
• 1915 » Sviatoslav Richter, Ukrainian pianist and composer († 1997)