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Birthday July 20, 1914

• The temperature on July 20, 1914 was between 16.0 °C and 28.2 °C and averaged 22.1 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south 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.
  • January 9 » The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African-American students at Howard University in Washington D.C., United States.
  • July 4 » The funeral of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie takes place in Vienna, six days after their assassinations in Sarajevo.
  • July 23 » Austria-Hungary issues a series of demands in an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia demanding Serbia to allow the Austrians to determine who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Serbia accepts all but one of those demands and Austria declares war on July 28.
  • September 3 » French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
  • September 16 » World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.
  • December 23 » World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.

Source: Wikipedia

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