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Birthday July 11, 1914

• The temperature on July 11, 1914 was between 13.0 °C and 26.6 °C and averaged 20.6 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (72%). 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 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 27 » World War I: Battle of Étreux: A British rearguard action by the Royal Munster Fusiliers during the Great Retreat.
  • November 1 » World War I: The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) departed by ship in a single convoy from Albany, Western Australia bound for Egypt.
  • November 13 » Zaian War: Berber tribesmen inflict the heaviest defeat of French forces in Morocco at the Battle of El Herri.
  • November 16 » The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.
  • December 23 » World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1912 » William F. Walsh, American captain and politician, 48th Mayor of Syracuse († 2011)
• 1913 » Cordwainer Smith, American sinologist, author, and academic († 1966)
• 1913 » Paul Gibb, English cricketer († 1977)
• 1916 » Mortimer Caplin, American tax attorney, educator, and IRS Commissioner († 2019)