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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.
  • May 17 » The Protocol of Corfu is signed, recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty.
  • August 20 » World War I: Brussels is captured during the German invasion of Belgium.
  • August 28 » World War I: The Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
  • September 13 » World War I: The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Irena Eichlerówna, Polish actress († 1990)
• 1912 » Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1999)
• 1913 » Ken Carpenter, American discus thrower and coach († 1984)
• 1917 » Sven Hassel, Danish-German soldier and author († 2012)
• 1919 » Sol Kaplan, American pianist and composer († 1990)
• 1920 » Gene Leis, American guitarist, composer, and producer († 1993)