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Birthday June 7, 1916

• The temperature on June 7, 1916 was between 6.6 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 12.9 mm of rain. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 29 » World War I: Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins.
  • February 29 » Tokelau is annexed by the United Kingdom.
  • May 31 » World War I: Battle of Jutland: The British Grand Fleet engages the High Seas Fleet in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive.
  • September 3 » World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil.
  • September 6 » The first self-service grocery store Piggly Wiggly was opened in Memphis, Tennessee by Clarence Saunders.
  • November 5 » The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of 5th November of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1911 » Brooks Stevens, American engineer and designer, designed the Wienermobile († 1995)
• 1912 » Jacques Hélian, French bandleader († 1986)
• 1917 » Dean Martin, American singer, actor, and producer († 1995)
• 1917 » Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet († 2000)
• 1920 » Georges Marchais, French mechanic and politician († 1997)
• 1921 » Myrtle Edwards, Australian cricketer and softball player († 2010)