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Birthday June 2, 1916

• The temperature on June 2, 1916 was between 7.4 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 16 » The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing cross the US–Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.
  • April 8 » In Corona, California, race car driver Bob Burman crashes, killing three (including himself), and badly injuring five spectators.
  • 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 16 » The Migratory Bird Treaty between Canada and the United States is signed.
  • September 8 » In a bid to prove that women were capable of serving as military dispatch riders, Augusta and Adeline Van Buren arrive in Los Angeles, completing a 60-day, 5,500 mile cross-country trip on motorcycles.
  • December 23 » World War I: Battle of Magdhaba: Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in the Sinai Peninsula.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Barbara Pym, English author († 1980)
• 1914 » Johnny Bulla, American golfer († 2003)
• 1915 » Alexandru Nicolschi, Romanian spy († 1992)
• 1917 » Heinz Sielmann, German photographer and director († 2006)
• 1918 » Kathryn Tucker Windham, American journalist and author († 2011)
• 1918 » Ruth Atkinson, Canadian-American illustrator († 1997)