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Birthday April 26, 1916

• The temperature on April 26, 1916 was between 8.4 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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.
  • April 8 » In Corona, California, race car driver Bob Burman crashes, killing three (including himself), and badly injuring five spectators.
  • 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 5 » Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first American Jew to hold such a position.
  • July 1 » World War I: First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.
  • August 28 » World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.
  • November 7 » Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1916 » Eyvind Earle, American artist, author, and illustrator († 2000)
• 1916 » Ken Wallis, English commander, engineer, and pilot († 2013)
• 1916 » Morris West, Australian author and playwright († 1999)
• 1917 » I. M. Pei, Chinese-American architect, designed the National Gallery of Art and Bank of China Tower († 2019)
• 1917 » Sal Maglie, American baseball player and coach († 1992)
• 1917 » Virgil Trucks, American baseball player and coach († 2013)