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Birthday January 5, 1914

• The temperature on January 5, 1914 was between 1.6 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 8.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-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.
  • May 30 » The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMSAquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
  • August 3 » World War I: Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality.
  • August 6 » World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
  • August 27 » World War I: Battle of Étreux: A British rearguard action by the Royal Munster Fusiliers during the Great Retreat.
  • August 30 » World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg.
  • September 13 » World War I: The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1911 » Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor and screenwriter († 2001)
• 1914 » George Reeves, American actor and director († 1959)
• 1914 » Nicolas de Staël, Russian-French painter and illustrator († 1955)
• 1915 » Arthur H. Robinson, Canadian geographer and cartographer († 2004)
• 1917 » Francis L. Kellogg, American businessman and diplomat († 2006)
• 1917 » Wieland Wagner, German director and producer († 1966)