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Birthday March 5, 1914

• The temperature on March 5, 1914 was between 7.2 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 13.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 9 » The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African-American students at Howard University in Washington D.C., United States.
  • July 4 » The funeral of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie takes place in Vienna, six days after their assassinations in Sarajevo.
  • July 11 » Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
  • August 2 » The German occupation of Luxembourg during World War I begins.
  • September 13 » World War I: The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France.
  • December 8 » World War I: A squadron of Britain's Royal Navy defeats the Imperial German East Asia Squadron in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Ennio Flaiano, Italian author, screenwriter, and critic († 1972)
• 1910 » Momofuku Ando, Taiwanese-Japanese businessman, founded Nissin Foods († 2007)
• 1912 » Jack Marshall, New Zealand colonel, lawyer, and politician, 28th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1988)
• 1915 » Henry Hicks, Canadian academic and politician, 16th Premier of Nova Scotia († 1990)
• 1915 » Laurent Schwartz, French mathematician and academic († 2002)
• 1918 » Milt Schmidt, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager († 2017)