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Birthday November 29, 1914

• The temperature on November 29, 1914 was between 4.5 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • April 23 » First baseball game at Wrigley Field, then known as Weeghman Park, in Chicago.
  • May 25 » The House of Commons of the United Kingdom passes the Home Rule Bill for devolution in Ireland.
  • May 29 » The Ocean liner RMSEmpress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
  • August 24 » World War I: German troops capture Namur.
  • 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.
  • November 7 » The first issue of The New Republic is published.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Elizabeth Choy, Malaysian-Singaporean educator and politician († 2006)
• 1915 » Billy Strayhorn, American pianist and composer († 1967)
• 1915 » Ludu Daw Amar, Burmese journalist and author († 2008)
• 1916 » Fran Ryan, American actress and comedian († 2000)
• 1917 » Merle Travis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1983)
• 1917 » Pierre Gaspard-Huit, French director and screenwriter († 2017)