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Birthday November 25, 1914

• The temperature on November 25, 1914 was between 0.3 °C and 3.0 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
  • July 18 » The U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, giving official status to aircraft within the U.S. Army for the first time.
  • August 26 » World War I: The German colony of Togoland surrenders to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign.
  • September 8 » World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
  • September 26 » The United States Federal Trade Commission is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
  • November 1 » World War I: The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) departed by ship in a single convoy from Albany, Western Australia bound for Egypt.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Lewis Thomas, American physician, etymologist, and educator († 1993)
• 1914 » Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player and coach († 1999)
• 1914 » Léon Zitrone, Russian-French journalist († 1995)
• 1915 » Armando Villanueva, Peruvian politician, 121st Prime Minister of Peru († 2013)
• 1915 » Augusto Pinochet, Chilean general and politician, 30th President of Chile († 2006)
• 1916 » Peg Lynch, American actress and screenwriter († 2015)