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Birthday August 3, 1916

• The temperature on August 3, 1916 was between 11.4 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 25 » In the Battle of Verdun, a German unit captures Fort Douaumont, keystone of the French defences, without a fight.
  • February 29 » Child labor: In South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill, and mine workers is raised from 12 to 14 years old.
  • February 29 » Tokelau is annexed by the United Kingdom.
  • May 6 » Twenty-one Lebanese nationalists are executed in Martyrs' Square, Beirut by Djemal Pasha.
  • August 28 » World War I: Germany declares war on Romania.
  • November 30 » Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1916 » José Manuel Moreno, Argentinian footballer and manager († 1978)
• 1916 » Shakeel Badayuni, Indian poet and songwriter († 1970)
• 1917 » Les Elgart, American trumpet player and bandleader († 1995)
• 1918 » James MacGregor Burns, American historian, political scientist, and author († 2014)
• 1918 » Larry Haines, American actor († 2008)
• 1918 » Sidney Gottlieb, American chemist and theorist († 1999)