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Birthday October 23, 1916

• The temperature on October 23, 1916 was between 0.4 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
  • February 27 » Ocean liner SS Maloja strikes a mine near Dover and sinks with the loss of 155 lives.
  • June 10 » The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire was declared by Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca.
  • June 29 » British diplomat turned Irish nationalist Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
  • August 25 » The United States National Park Service is created.
  • September 15 » World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
  • October 7 » Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1915 » Simo Puupponen, Finnish writer († 1967)
• 1918 » Augusta Dabney, American actress († 2008)
• 1918 » James Daly, American actor († 1978)
• 1918 » Paul Rudolph, American architect and academic, designed the Lippo Centre († 1997)
• 1919 » Manolis Andronikos, Greek archaeologist and academic († 1992)
• 1920 » Ted Fujita, Japanese-American meteorologist and academic († 1998)