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Birthday June 12, 1914

• The temperature on June 12, 1914 was between 10.8 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 1 » The SPT Airboat Line becomes the world's first scheduled airline to use a winged aircraft.
  • February 26 » HMHSBritannic, sister to the RMSTitanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
  • May 25 » The House of Commons of the United Kingdom passes the Home Rule Bill for devolution in Ireland.
  • 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.
  • August 9 » Start of the Battle of Mulhouse, part of a French attempt to recover the province of Alsace and the first French offensive of World War I.
  • August 17 » World War I: Battle of Stallupönen: The German army of General Hermann von François defeats the Russian force commanded by Paul von Rennenkampf near modern-day Nesterov, Russia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Desmond Piers, Canadian admiral († 2005)
• 1913 » Jean Victor Allard, Canadian general († 1996)
• 1914 » Go Seigen, Chinese-Japanese Go player († 2014)
• 1914 » William Lundigan, American actor († 1975)
• 1915 » Christopher Mayhew, English soldier and politician († 1997)
• 1915 » Priscilla Lane, American actress († 1995)