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Birthday January 19, 1916

• The temperature on January 19, 1916 was between 6.6 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 8 » In Corona, California, race car driver Bob Burman crashes, killing three (including himself), and badly injuring five spectators.
  • April 10 » The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
  • April 20 » The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (currently Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7–6 in 11 innings.
  • July 22 » Preparedness Day Bombing: In San Francisco, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a parade, killing ten and injuring 40.
  • November 30 » Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Leonid Kantorovich, Russian mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1986)
• 1913 » Rex Ingamells, Australian author and poet († 1955)
• 1913 » Rudolf Wanderone, American professional pocket billiards player († 1996)
• 1918 » John H. Johnson, American publisher, founded the Johnson Publishing Company († 2005)
• 1920 » Bernard Dunstan, English painter and educator († 2017)
• 1920 » Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian politician and diplomat, 135th Prime Minister of Peru († 2020)