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Birthday March 2, 1914

• The temperature on March 2, 1914 was between -1.3 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
  • February 26 » HMHSBritannic, sister to the RMSTitanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
  • June 12 » Massacre of Phocaea: Turkish irregulars slaughter 50 to 100 Greeks and expel thousands of others in an ethnic cleansing operation in the Ottoman Empire.
  • July 28 » In the culmination of the July Crisis, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, igniting World War I.
  • August 30 » World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg.
  • October 19 » First World War: The First Battle of Ypres begins.
  • November 7 » The first issue of The New Republic is published.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1914 » Martin Ritt, American actor and film director († 1990)
• 1915 » John Burton, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to Ceylon († 2010)
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