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Birthday December 10, 1916

• The temperature on December 10, 1916 was between -0.3 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). 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.
  • January 24 » In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
  • May 16 » The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the French Third Republic sign the secret wartime Sykes-Picot Agreement partitioning former Ottoman territories such as Iraq and Syria.
  • August 27 » World War I: The Kingdom of Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering the war as one of the Allied nations.
  • September 15 » World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
  • November 7 » Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
  • December 30 » The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Pannonica de Koenigswarter, English-American composer († 1988)
• 1914 » Dorothy Lamour, American actress and singer († 1996)
• 1915 » Nicky Barr, Australian rugby player, soldier, and pilot († 2006)
• 1916 » Walt Arfons, American race car driver († 2013)
• 1918 » Anatoli Tarasov, Russian ice hockey player and coach († 1995)
• 1918 » Anne Gwynne, American actress († 2003)