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Birthday March 21, 1916

• The temperature on March 21, 1916 was between 4.9 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 15.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
  • April 29 » Easter Rising: After six days of fighting, Irish rebel leaders surrender to British forces in Dublin, bringing the Easter Rising to an end.
  • June 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
  • June 24 » Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
  • September 19 » World War I: During the East African Campaign, colonial forces of the Belgian Congo (Force Publique) under the command of Charles Tombeur capture the town of Tabora after heavy fighting.
  • October 16 » Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States.
  • December 18 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when German forces under Chief of staff Erich von Falkenhayn are defeated by the French, and suffer 337,000 casualties.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1914 » Paul Tortelier, French cellist and composer († 1990)
• 1916 » Bismillah Khan, Indian shehnai player († 2006)
• 1916 » Ken Wharton, English race car driver († 1957)
• 1917 » Frank Hardy, Australian journalist, author, and playwright († 1994)
• 1918 » Charles Thompson, American pianist and composer († 2016)
• 1918 » Patrick Lucey, American captain and politician, 38th Governor of Wisconsin († 2014)