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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.
  • May 31 » World War I: Battle of Jutland: The British Grand Fleet engages the High Seas Fleet in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive.
  • August 14 » Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary.
  • August 30 » Ernest Shackleton completes the rescue of all of his men stranded on Elephant Island in Antarctica.
  • November 1 » In Russia, Pavel Milyukov delivers in the State Duma the famous "stupidity or treason" speech, precipitating the downfall of the government of Boris Stürmer.
  • 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 7 » Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.

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)