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Birthday December 17, 1916

• The temperature on December 17, 1916 was between -0.5 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • April 10 » The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
  • May 16 » The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the French Third Republic sign the secret wartime Sykes-Picot Agreement partitioning former Ottoman territories such as Iraq and Syria.
  • July 15 » In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
  • August 2 » World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.
  • November 5 » The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of 5th November of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.
  • December 23 » World War I: Battle of Magdhaba: Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in the Sinai Peninsula.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Edward Short, Baron Glenamara, English captain and politician, Lord President of the Council († 2012)
• 1913 » Burt Baskin, American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins († 1967)
• 1914 » Fernando Alonso, Cuban ballet dancer, co-founded the Cuban National Ballet († 2013)
• 1914 » Mushtaq Ali, Indian cricketer († 2005)
• 1916 » Penelope Fitzgerald, English author and poet († 2000)
• 1917 » Kenneth Dike, Nigerian historian, author, and academic († 1983)