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Birthday June 22, 1916

• The temperature on June 22, 1916 was between 6.6 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
  • April 20 » The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (currently Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7–6 in 11 innings.
  • May 10 » Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.
  • July 7 » The New Zealand Labour Party was founded in Wellington.
  • August 14 » Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary.
  • October 7 » Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
  • November 7 » Boston Elevated Railway Company's streetcar No. 393 smashes through the warning gates of the open Summer Street drawbridge in Boston, Massachusetts, plunging into the frigid waters of Fort Point Channel, killing 46 people.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1915 » Dolf van der Linden, Dutch conductor and composer († 1999)
• 1915 » Randolph Hokanson, American pianist († 2018)
• 1916 » Emil Fackenheim, Jewish philosopher and Reform rabbi († 2003)
• 1916 » Johnny Jacobs, American television announcer († 1982)
• 1916 » Richard Eastham, American actor († 2005)