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Birthday May 7, 1916

• The temperature on May 7, 1916 was between 8.3 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • March 9 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against the border town of Columbus, New Mexico.
  • March 16 » The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing cross the US–Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.
  • April 24 » Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic.
  • November 7 » Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
  • November 30 » Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty.
  • December 6 » World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1914 » Arthur Snelling, English civil servant and diplomat. British Ambassador to South Africa († 1996)
• 1916 » Huw Wheldon, Welsh-English broadcaster († 1986)
• 1916 » W. B. Young, Scottish rugby player and physician († 2013)
• 1917 » David Tomlinson, English actor († 2000)
• 1917 » Domenico Bartolucci, Italian cardinal and composer († 2013)
• 1917 » Lenox Hewitt, Australian public servant († 2020)