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Birthday October 22, 1916

• The temperature on October 22, 1916 was between -3.3 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 29 » World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.
  • June 3 » The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
  • June 5 » Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first American Jew to hold such a position.
  • August 27 » World War I: The Kingdom of Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering the war as one of the Allied nations.
  • August 29 » The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.
  • 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 » Bảo Đại, Vietnamese emperor († 1997)
• 1913 » Hans-Peter Tschudi, Swiss lawyer and politician, 63rd President of the Swiss Confederation († 2002)
• 1913 » Robert Capa, Hungarian-American photographer and journalist († 1954)
• 1915 » Yitzhak Shamir, Belarusian-Israeli civil servant and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Israel († 2012)
• 1917 » Joan Fontaine, British-American actress († 2013)
• 1918 » Lou Klein, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1976)