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Birthday July 23, 1916

• The temperature on July 23, 1916 was between 12.2 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • January 12 » Both Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann, for achieving eight aerial victories each over Allied aircraft, receive the German Empire's highest military award, the Pour le Mérite as the first German aviators to earn it.
  • July 15 » In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
  • August 28 » World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.
  • September 7 » US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)
  • September 8 » In a bid to prove that women were capable of serving as military dispatch riders, Augusta and Adeline Van Buren arrive in Los Angeles, completing a 60-day, 5,500 mile cross-country trip on motorcycles.
  • December 6 » World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1914 » Elly Annie Schneider, German-American actress († 2004)
• 1914 » Nassos Daphnis, Greek-American painter (d.2010)
• 1914 » Virgil Finlay, American illustrator († 1971)
• 1916 » Laurel Martyn, Australian ballerina and choreographer († 2013)
• 1918 » Abraham Bueno de Mesquita, Dutch comedian and actor († 2005)
• 1918 » Ruth Duccini, American actress († 2014)