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Birthday December 7, 1916

• The temperature on December 7, 1916 was between -0.3 °C and 1.8 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 12 » Both Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann, for achieving eight aerial victories each over Allied aircraft, receive the German Empire's highest military award, the Pour le Mérite as the first German aviators to earn it.
  • February 21 » World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
  • February 25 » In the Battle of Verdun, a German unit captures Fort Douaumont, keystone of the French defences, without a fight.
  • July 1 » World War I: First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.
  • August 2 » World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.
  • September 17 » World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Daniel Jones, Welsh captain and composer († 1993)
• 1913 » Kersti Merilaas, Estonian author and poet († 1986)
• 1915 » Eli Wallach, American actor († 2014)
• 1915 » Leigh Brackett, American author and screenwriter († 1978)
• 1920 » Fiorenzo Magni, Italian cyclist († 2012)
• 1920 » Tatamkhulu Afrika, South African poet and author († 2002)