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Birthday March 30, 1914

• The temperature on March 30, 1914 was between 3.8 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
  • January 5 » The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and minimum daily wage of $5 in salary plus bonuses.
  • 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.
  • September 18 » The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I.
  • November 5 » World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire.
  • December 14 » Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressive Party (Partido Demócrata Progresista, PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • December 16 » World War I: Admiral Franz von Hipper commands a raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Ċensu Tabone, Maltese general, physician, and politician, 4th President of Malta († 2012)
• 1913 » Frankie Laine, American singer-songwriter († 2007)
• 1913 » Marc Davis, American animator († 2000)
• 1913 » Richard Helms, American soldier and diplomat, 8th Director of Central Intelligence († 2002)
• 1914 » Sonny Boy Williamson I, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player († 1948)
• 1915 » Pietro Ingrao, Italian journalist and politician († 2015)