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Birthday November 9, 1914

• The temperature on November 9, 1914 was between 7.7 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
  • May 17 » The Protocol of Corfu is signed, recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty.
  • May 30 » The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMSAquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
  • July 28 » In the culmination of the July Crisis, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, igniting World War I.
  • September 17 » Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
  • September 17 » World War I: The Race to the Sea begins.
  • September 18 » The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1914 » Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-American actress and inventor († 2000)
• 1914 » Thomas Berry, American priest, historian, and theologian († 2009)
• 1915 » André François, Romanian-French illustrator, painter, and sculptor († 2005)
• 1915 » Sargent Shriver, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 21st United States Ambassador to France († 2011)
• 1916 » Martha Settle Putney, American lieutenant, historian, and educator († 2008)