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Birthday July 18, 1914

• The temperature on July 18, 1914 was between 9.7 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak 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.
  • July 11 » Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
  • July 28 » In the culmination of the July Crisis, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, igniting World War I.
  • November 5 » World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire.
  • November 7 » The German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtao are captured by Japanese forces.
  • November 7 » The first issue of The New Republic is published.
  • November 16 » The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Red Skelton, American actor and comedian († 1997)
• 1914 » Gino Bartali, Italian cyclist († 2000)
• 1914 » Oscar Heisserer, French footballer († 2004)
• 1915 » Carequinha, Brazilian clown and actor († 2006)
• 1915 » Louis Le Bailly, British Royal Navy officer († 2010)
• 1915 » Roxana Cannon Arsht, American judge († 2003)