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Birthday October 12, 1916

• The temperature on October 12, 1916 was between 13.9 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 4 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.
  • April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun: German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
  • July 7 » The New Zealand Labour Party was founded in Wellington.
  • 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 8 » In a bid to prove that women were capable of serving as military dispatch riders, Augusta and Adeline Van Buren arrive in Los Angeles, completing a 60-day, 5,500 mile cross-country trip on motorcycles.
  • November 7 » Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
  • November 7 » Woodrow Wilson is reelected as President of the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Alice Chetwynd Ley, English author and educator († 2004)
• 1914 » John E. Hodge, African-American chemist († 1996)
• 1916 » Alice Childress, American actress and playwright († 1994)
• 1916 » Lock Martin, American actor († 1959)
• 1917 » Roque Máspoli, Uruguayan footballer and manager († 2004)
• 1919 » Gilles Beaudoin, Canadian politician, 34th Mayor of Trois-Rivières († 2007)