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Birthday February 27, 1914

• The temperature on February 27, 1914 was between -0.9 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 5 » The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and minimum daily wage of $5 in salary plus bonuses.
  • May 29 » The Ocean liner RMSEmpress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
  • June 12 » Massacre of Phocaea: Turkish irregulars slaughter 50 to 100 Greeks and expel thousands of others in an ethnic cleansing operation in the Ottoman Empire.
  • September 3 » French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
  • September 22 » A German submarine sinks three British cruisers over a seventy-minute period, killing almost 1500 sailors.
  • November 1 » World War I: The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) departed by ship in a single convoy from Albany, Western Australia bound for Egypt.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Kusumagraj, Indian author, poet, and playwright († 1999)
• 1912 » Lawrence Durrell, Indian-French author, poet, and playwright († 1990)
• 1913 » Irwin Shaw, American author and screenwriter († 1984)
• 1913 » Kazimierz Sabbat, Polish soldier and politician, President of Poland († 1989)
• 1913 » Paul Ricœur, French philosopher and academic († 2005)
• 1915 » Denis Whitaker, Canadian general, football player, and businessman († 2001)