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Birthday April 1, 1916

• The temperature on April 1, 1916 was between -2.3 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 29 » World War I: Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins.
  • 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.
  • July 15 » In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
  • August 28 » World War I: Germany declares war on Romania.
  • September 7 » US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)
  • September 17 » World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Memos Makris, Greek sculptor († 1993)
• 1915 » O. W. Fischer, Austrian-Swiss actor and director († 2004)
• 1916 » Sheila May Edmonds, British mathematician († 2002)
• 1917 » Melville Shavelson, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2007)
• 1917 » Sydney Newman, Canadian screenwriter and producer, co-created Doctor Who († 1997)
• 1919 » Joseph Murray, American surgeon and soldier, Nobel Prize laureate († 2012)