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Birthday August 10, 1914

• The temperature on August 10, 1914 was between 12.8 °C and 26.9 °C and averaged 20.1 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak 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.
  • March 1 » The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union.
  • August 6 » World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic: Two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Heligoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.
  • August 29 » World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.
  • September 3 » French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
  • September 8 » World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
  • November 15 » Harry Turner becomes the first player to die from game-related injuries in the "Ohio League", the direct predecessor to the National Football League.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Kalevi Kotkas, Estonian-Finnish high jumper and discus thrower († 1983)
• 1913 » Noah Beery Jr., American actor († 1994)
• 1913 » Wolfgang Paul, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1993)
• 1914 » Carlos Menditeguy, Argentinian race car driver and polo player († 1973)
• 1914 » Jeff Corey, American actor and director († 2002)
• 1914 » Ray Smith, English cricketer († 1996)