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Birthday March 15, 1914

• The temperature on March 15, 1914 was between 6.5 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 11.9 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (29%). 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.
  • January 9 » The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African-American students at Howard University in Washington D.C., United States.
  • April 20 » Nineteen men, women, and children die in the Ludlow Massacre during a Colorado coal-miners' strike.
  • May 29 » The Ocean liner RMSEmpress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
  • August 9 » Start of the Battle of Mulhouse, part of a French attempt to recover the province of Alsace and the first French offensive of World War I.
  • September 1 » The last known passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
  • September 3 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronné, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Lightnin' Hopkins, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1982)
• 1912 » Louis Paul Boon, Flemish journalist and author († 1979)
• 1913 » Jack Fairman, English race car driver († 2002)
• 1913 » Macdonald Carey, American actor († 1994)
• 1916 » Fadil Hoxha, Kosovar commander and politician, 2nd President of Kosovo († 2001)
• 1916 » Frank Coghlan, Jr., American actor and pilot († 2009)