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Birthday June 21, 1914

• The temperature on June 21, 1914 was between 12.4 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
  • January 1 » The SPT Airboat Line becomes the world's first scheduled airline to use a winged aircraft.
  • March 7 » Prince William of Wied arrives in Albania to begin his reign as King.
  • May 29 » The Ocean liner RMSEmpress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
  • 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 26 » World War I: During the retreat from Mons, the British II Corps commanded by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien fought a vigorous and successful defensive action at Le Cateau.
  • November 1 » World War I: The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) departed by ship in a single convoy from Albany, Western Australia bound for Egypt.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Kazimierz Leski, Polish pilot and engineer († 2000)
• 1912 » Mary McCarthy, American novelist and critic († 1989)
• 1913 » Luis Taruc, Filipino political activist († 2005)
• 1913 » Madihe Pannaseeha Thero, Sri Lankan monk and scholar († 2003)
• 1914 » William Vickrey, Canadian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1996)
• 1915 » Wilhelm Gliese, German soldier and astronomer († 1993)