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Birthday April 19, 1914

• The temperature on April 19, 1914 was between 6.2 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
  • April 23 » First baseball game at Wrigley Field, then known as Weeghman Park, in Chicago.
  • May 15 » During a poker game at the Gaiety Theatre in Galesburg, Illinois, comedian Art Fisher nicknames Chicko, Harpo, Groucho, and Gummo Marx.
  • June 28 » Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo; this is the casus belli of World War I.
  • July 11 » Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
  • September 3 » French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
  • September 13 » World War I: The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1917 » Sven Hassel, Danish-German soldier and author († 2012)
• 1919 » Sol Kaplan, American pianist and composer († 1990)
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