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Birthday November 3, 1914

• The temperature on November 3, 1914 was between 7.7 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
  • August 15 » World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I.
  • September 1 » The last known passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
  • September 13 » World War I: The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France.
  • November 7 » The German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtao are captured by Japanese forces.
  • December 8 » World War I: A squadron of Britain's Royal Navy defeats the Imperial German East Asia Squadron in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
  • December 23 » World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1915 » Hal Jackson, American journalist and radio host († 2012)
• 1917 » Annapurna Maharana, Indian activist († 2012)
• 1918 » Claude Barma, French director, producer, and screenwriter († 1992)