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Birthday November 24, 1916

• The temperature on November 24, 1916 was between 4.2 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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.
  • February 21 » World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
  • June 1 » Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
  • July 15 » In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
  • August 17 » World War I: Romania signs a secret treaty with the Entente Powers. According to the treaty, Romania agreed to join the war on the Allied side.
  • August 25 » The United States National Park Service is created.
  • September 19 » World War I: During the East African Campaign, colonial forces of the Belgian Congo (Force Publique) under the command of Charles Tombeur capture the town of Tabora after heavy fighting.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Geraldine Fitzgerald, Irish-American actress († 2005)
• 1913 » Howard Duff, American actor, director, and producer († 1990)
• 1914 » Bessie Blount Griffin, American physical therapist, inventor and forensic scientist († 2009)
• 1914 » Lynn Chadwick, English sculptor († 2003)
• 1916 » Forrest J Ackerman, American soldier and author († 2008)
• 1917 » Shabtai Rosenne, English-Israeli academic, jurist, and diplomat († 2010)