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Birthday October 30, 1914

• The temperature on October 30, 1914 was between 5.1 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). 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.
  • 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 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronné, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy.
  • September 17 » World War I: The Race to the Sea begins.
  • September 22 » A German submarine sinks three British cruisers over a seventy-minute period, killing almost 1500 sailors.
  • December 16 » World War I: Admiral Franz von Hipper commands a raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1914 » Richard E. Holz, American minister and composer († 1986)
• 1915 » Fred W. Friendly, American journalist and producer († 1998)
• 1915 » Jane Randolph, American-Swiss actress and singer († 2009)
• 1916 » Leon Day, American baseball player († 1995)