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Birthday August 6, 1914

• The temperature on August 6, 1914 was between 13.0 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
  • July 29 » The Cape Cod Canal opened.
  • August 5 » In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
  • August 9 » Start of the Battle of Mulhouse, part of a French attempt to recover the province of Alsace and the first French offensive of World War I.
  • August 17 » World War I: Battle of Stallupönen: The German army of General Hermann von François defeats the Russian force commanded by Paul von Rennenkampf near modern-day Nesterov, Russia.
  • October 29 » Ottoman entry into World War I.
  • November 7 » The first issue of The New Republic is published.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1911 » Lucille Ball, American actress, television producer and businesswoman († 1989)
• 1911 » Norman Gordon, South African cricketer († 2014)
• 1912 » Richard C. Miller, American photographer († 2010)
• 1914 » Gordon Freeth, Australian lawyer and politician, 24th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs († 2001)
• 1916 » Dom Mintoff, Maltese journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Malta († 2012)
• 1916 » Richard Hofstadter, American historian and academic († 1970)