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Birthday August 19, 1916

• The temperature on August 19, 1916 was between 8.8 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 19.2 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
  • February 21 » World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
  • April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun: German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
  • May 6 » Twenty-one Lebanese nationalists are executed in Martyrs' Square, Beirut by Djemal Pasha.
  • June 1 » Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
  • November 7 » Woodrow Wilson is reelected as President of the United States.
  • November 30 » Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1914 » Fumio Hayasaka, Japanese composer († 1955)
• 1914 » Lajos Baróti, Hungarian footballer and manager († 2005)
• 1914 » Rose Heilbron, British barrister and judge († 2005)
• 1915 » Alfred Rouleau, Canadian businessman († 1985)
• 1915 » Ring Lardner, Jr., American journalist and screenwriter († 2000)
• 1916 » Dennis Poore, English race car driver and businessman († 1987)