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Birthday January 18, 1916

• The temperature on January 18, 1916 was between 6.5 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 7.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • February 27 » Ocean liner SS Maloja strikes a mine near Dover and sinks with the loss of 155 lives.
  • April 8 » In Corona, California, race car driver Bob Burman crashes, killing three (including himself), and badly injuring five spectators.
  • June 24 » Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
  • August 28 » World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.
  • August 29 » The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1914 » Arno Schmidt, German author and translator († 1979)
• 1915 » Santiago Carrillo, Spanish soldier and politician († 2012)
• 1915 » Syl Apps, Canadian pole vaulter, ice hockey player, and politician († 1998)
• 1915 » Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player († 1984)
• 1917 » Nicholas Oresko, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient († 2013)
• 1917 » Wang Yung-ching, Taiwanese-American businessman († 2008)