About the day » Saturday December 2, 1916Calender converter

• Antonie Ladan, Leiden († 2000)
• Adriana van Zundert, Etten-Leur († 1916)
• Antonio Carlos de Andrada Serpa, Barbacena, Minas Gerais, Brasil († 1996)
• Arendje Haasnoot, Katwijk († 1964)
• Bernardus Wolf, Rotterdam, Nederland, Zuid Holland († 1995)
• Albertina Maria Plasschaert, Clinge,, Zeeland, Nederland († 1992)
• Betje van de Sanden, Tilburg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1991)
• Arthur Clarence Pospesil, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States († 2000)
• Albertje Kruize, Onstwedde, Gemeente Stadskanaal, Groningen, Nederland († 1996)
• Anne Hendericus BOTTEMA, Bierum Groningen Netherlands († 1997)

• Aagje Gouda (53), Egmond aan Zee
• Amelia Royberghs (59), Gestel, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Adrianus van der Kruk (82), Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Bult (58), Chicago (Illinois, USA)
• Adrianus Gerardus Dogterom (56), Ouderkerk aan den IJssel
• Abraham van der Ende (85), Vlaardinger-Ambacht
• Anna Josephs (35), St Marys, Green, Wisconsin (USA)
• Aleida Post (0), Kloosterveen, Assen
• Andrew Walter Whybrew (25), Ware, Hertfordshire, England
• "Willemina" Wilhelmina Wilhelmina (66), dieren

• 1910 » Russell Lynes, American photographer, historian, and author († 1991)
• 1910 » Taisto Mäki, Finnish runner († 1979)
• 1912 » George Emmett, English cricketer and coach († 1976)
• 1913 » Marc Platt, American actor, singer, and dancer († 2014)
• 1914 » Adolph Green, American playwright and composer († 2002)
• 1914 » Bill Erwin, American actor († 2010)
• 1915 » Takahito, Prince Mikasa of Japan († 2016)
• 1916 » Howard Finster, American minister and painter († 2001)
• 1917 » Sylvia Syms, American singer († 1992)
• 1921 » Carlo Furno, Italian cardinal († 2015)

• 1888 » Namık Kemal, Turkish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1892 » Jay Gould, American businessman and financier (b. 1836)
• 1899 » Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general and politician, 1st Governor of Bulacan (b. 1875)
• 1918 » Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1924 » Kazimieras Būga, Lithuanian linguist and philologist (b. 1879)
• 1927 » Paul Heinrich von Groth, German scientist who systematically classified minerals and founded the journal Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie (b. 1843)
• 1931 » Vincent d'Indy, French composer and educator (b. 1851)
• 1936 » John Ringling, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Brothers Circus (b. 1866)
• 1943 » Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian journalist and author (b. 1902)
• 1944 » Josef Lhévinne, Russian pianist and educator (b. 1874)

• 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.
• The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
• June 1 » Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
• August 16 » The Migratory Bird Treaty between Canada and the United States is signed.
• November 18 » World War I: First Battle of the Somme: In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916.
• November 19 » Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures.
• December 6 » World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.
• December 18 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when German forces under Chief of staff Erich von Falkenhayn are defeated by the French, and suffer 337,000 casualties.

The temperature on December 2, 1916 was between -1.7 °C and 2.4 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.