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Birthday December 4, 1916

• The temperature on December 4, 1916 was between 0.3 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • January 24 » In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
  • February 27 » Ocean liner SS Maloja strikes a mine near Dover and sinks with the loss of 155 lives.
  • April 29 » World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.
  • September 15 » World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
  • November 7 » Boston Elevated Railway Company's streetcar No. 393 smashes through the warning gates of the open Summer Street drawbridge in Boston, Massachusetts, plunging into the frigid waters of Fort Point Channel, killing 46 people.
  • November 19 » Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Mark Robson, Canadian-American director and producer († 1978)
• 1914 » Claude Renoir, French cinematographer († 1993)
• 1914 » Rudolf Hausner, Austrian painter and sculptor († 1995)
• 1915 » Eddie Heywood, American pianist and composer († 1989)
• 1916 » Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., American journalist and author († 1994)
• 1919 » I. K. Gujral, Indian poet and politician, 12th Prime Minister of India († 2012)