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Birthday July 7, 1916

• The temperature on July 7, 1916 was between 9.6 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (16%). 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.
  • August 17 » World War I: Romania signs a secret treaty with the Entente Powers. According to the treaty, Romania agreed to join the war on the Allied side.
  • 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 27 » Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasu V, is defeated by Fitawrari abte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zewditu I.
  • November 19 » Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures.
  • December 30 » The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Pinetop Perkins, American singer and pianist († 2011)
• 1915 » Margaret Walker, American novelist and poet († 1998)
• 1917 » Fidel Sánchez Hernández, Salvadoran general and politician, President of El Salvador († 2003)
• 1917 » Iva Withers, Canadian-American actress and singer († 2014)
• 1918 » Bob Vanatta, American head basketball coach († 2016)
• 1918 » Jing Shuping, Chinese businessman († 2009)