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Birthday March 22, 1916

• The temperature on March 22, 1916 was between -0.4 °C and 4.4 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 10.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • January 27 » World War I: The British government passed a legislation that introduced conscription in the United Kingdom.
  • June 3 » The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
  • June 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
  • June 24 » Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
  • September 3 » World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil.
  • September 27 » Iyasu V is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zewditu.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1914 » Donald Stokes, Baron Stokes, English businessman († 2008)
• 1914 » John Stanley, American author and illustrator († 1993)
• 1917 » Irving Kaplansky, Canadian-American mathematician and academic († 2006)
• 1917 » Paul Rogers, English actor († 2013)
• 1917 » Virginia Grey, American actress († 2004)
• 1918 » Cheddi Jagan, Guyanese politician, 4th President of Guyana († 1997)