Voorouders in het Eemland, Stichting Groenegraf.nl » Everdina Smit (1914-)

Birthday September 4, 1914

• The temperature on September 4, 1914 was between 8.3 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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.
  • May 29 » The Ocean liner RMSEmpress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
  • August 4 » In response to the German invasion of Belgium, Belgium and the British Empire declare war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality.
  • August 20 » World War I: Brussels is captured during the German invasion of Belgium.
  • September 3 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronné, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy.
  • November 1 » World War I: The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) departed by ship in a single convoy from Albany, Western Australia bound for Egypt.
  • November 16 » The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Kenzō Tange, Japanese architect, designed the Yoyogi National Gymnasium († 2005)
• 1913 » Mickey Cohen, American mob boss († 1976)
• 1913 » Shmuel Wosner, Austrian-Israeli rabbi and author († 2015)
• 1913 » Stanford Moore, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1982)
• 1913 » Victor Kiernan, English historian and academic († 2009)
• 1914 » Rudolf Leiding, German businessman († 2003)