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Birthday May 30, 1914

• The temperature on May 30, 1914 was between 6.2 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (38%). 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.
  • August 6 » World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
  • August 15 » A servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright murders seven people and sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin.
  • September 1 » The last known passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
  • October 9 » World War I: The Siege of Antwerp comes to an end.
  • November 15 » Harry Turner becomes the first player to die from game-related injuries in the "Ohio League", the direct predecessor to the National Football League.
  • December 23 » World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Erich Bagge, German physicist and academic († 1996)
• 1912 » Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor († 1980)
• 1912 » Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2004)
• 1912 » Millicent Selsam, American author and academic († 1996)
• 1914 » Akinoumi Setsuo, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 37th Yokozuna († 1979)
• 1915 » Len Carney, English footballer and soldier († 1996)