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Birthday August 30, 1914

• The temperature on August 30, 1914 was between 9.8 °C and 24.8 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
  • August 3 » World War I: Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality.
  • August 5 » World War I: The German minelayer SSKönigin Luise lays a minefield about 40 miles (64km) off the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMSAmphion.
  • August 15 » The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SSAncon.
  • September 3 » French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
  • September 17 » World War I: The Race to the Sea begins.
  • December 15 » World War I: The Serbian Army recaptures Belgrade from the invading Austro-Hungarian Army.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1997)
• 1912 » Nancy Wake, New Zealand-English captain († 2011)
• 1913 » Richard Stone, English economist and statistician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1991)
• 1915 » Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland († 2013)
• 1915 » Robert Strassburg, American composer, conductor, and educator († 2003)
• 1916 » Shailendra, Pakistani-Indian songwriter († 1968)