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Birthday July 14, 1914

• The temperature on July 14, 1914 was between 13.2 °C and 26.9 °C and averaged 20.1 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
  • May 15 » During a poker game at the Gaiety Theatre in Galesburg, Illinois, comedian Art Fisher nicknames Chicko, Harpo, Groucho, and Gummo Marx.
  • July 11 » Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
  • August 24 » World War I: The Battle of Cer ends as the first Allied victory in the war.
  • September 3 » French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
  • September 18 » The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I.
  • October 27 » First World War: The new British battleship HMS Audacious is sunk by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser Berlin.

Source: Wikipedia

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