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Birthday January 20, 1914

• The temperature on January 20, 1914 was between -7.2 °C and 1.9 °C and averaged -3.3 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
  • May 25 » The House of Commons of the United Kingdom passes the Home Rule Bill for devolution in Ireland.
  • August 2 » The German occupation of Luxembourg during World War I begins.
  • August 4 » In response to the German invasion of Belgium, Belgium and the British Empire declare war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality.
  • August 20 » World War I: Brussels is captured during the German invasion of Belgium.
  • August 25 » World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost.
  • September 17 » World War I: The Race to the Sea begins.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » Gōgen Yamaguchi, Japanese martial artist († 1989)
• 1910 » Joy Adamson, Austria-born Kenyan painter and author († 1980)
• 1913 » W. Cleon Skousen, American author and academic († 2006)
• 1915 » Ghulam Ishaq Khan, Pakistani businessman and politician, 7th President of Pakistan († 2006)
• 1918 » Juan García Esquivel, Mexican pianist, composer, and bandleader († 2002)
• 1918 » Nevin Scrimshaw, American scientist († 2013)