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Birthday February 4, 1916

• The temperature on February 4, 1916 was between 5.0 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • March 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.–Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
  • April 10 » The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
  • May 31 » World War I: Battle of Jutland: The British Grand Fleet engages the High Seas Fleet in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive.
  • August 16 » The Migratory Bird Treaty between Canada and the United States is signed.
  • 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.
  • November 30 » Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1914 » Alfred Andersch, German-Swiss author and publisher († 1980)
• 1915 » Norman Wisdom, English singer-songwriter and actor († 2010)
• 1915 » William Talman, American actor and screenwriter († 1968)
• 1917 » Yahya Khan, Pakistan general and politician, 3rd President of Pakistan († 1980)
• 1918 » Ida Lupino, English-American actress and director († 1995)
• 1918 » Luigi Pareyson, Italian philosopher and author († 1991)