The Brown Tree » Mary White "Molly" McNeice (1914-)

Birthday July 12, 1914

• The temperature on July 12, 1914 was between 14.2 °C and 26.3 °C and averaged 21.2 °C. There was 13.3 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • August 26 » World War I: The German colony of Togoland surrenders to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign.
  • October 5 » World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire.
  • October 19 » First World War: The First Battle of Ypres begins.
  • November 7 » The first issue of The New Republic is published.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1913 » Willis Lamb, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2008)
• 1914 » Mohammad Moin, Iranian linguist and lexicographer († 1971)
• 1915 » Emanuel Papper, American anesthesiologist, professor, and author († 2002)
• 1915 » Princess Catherine Ivanovna of Russia, († 2007)
• 1916 » Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Ukrainian-Russian soldier and sniper († 1974)