Zandbergen Genealogie » Johannes Anthonius KNIKMAN (1914-)

Birthday July 24, 1914

• The temperature on July 24, 1914 was between 12.8 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 14.2 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
  • June 23 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.
  • 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 6 » World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
  • August 24 » World War I: The Battle of Cer ends as the first Allied victory in the war.
  • September 17 » Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
  • 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

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• 1913 » Britton Chance, American biologist and sailor († 2010)
• 1914 » Alan Waddell, Australian walker († 2008)
• 1914 » Ed Mirvish, American-Canadian businessman and philanthropist († 2007)
• 1914 » Frances Oldham Kelsey, Canadian pharmacologist and physician († 2015)
• 1915 » Enrique Fernando, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 13th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines († 2004)