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Birthday April 27, 1914

• The average temperature on April 27, 1914 was 9.0 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
  • February 26 » HMHSBritannic, sister to the RMSTitanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
  • July 11 » Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
  • August 21 » World War I: The Battle of Charleroi, a successful German attack across the River Sambre that pre-empted a French offensive in the same area.
  • September 8 » World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
  • September 9 » World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
  • November 28 » World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1912 » Zohra Sehgal, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer († 2014)
• 1913 » Irving Adler, American mathematician, author, and academic († 2012)
• 1913 » Luz Long, German long jumper and soldier († 1943)
• 1913 » Philip Abelson, American physicist and author († 2004)
• 1916 » Robert Hugh McWilliams, Jr., American sergeant, lawyer, and judge († 2013)