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Birthday June 1, 1916

• The temperature on June 1, 1916 was between 8.6 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
  • April 10 » The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
  • April 25 » Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.
  • August 27 » World War I: The Kingdom of Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering the war as one of the Allied nations.
  • 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.
  • November 7 » Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Herbert Tichy, Austrian geologist, author, and mountaineer († 1987)
• 1913 » Bill Deedes, English journalist and politician († 2007)
• 1915 » John Randolph, American actor († 2004)
• 1916 » Jean Jérôme Hamer, Belgian Cardinal († 1996)
• 1917 » William Standish Knowles, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2012)
• 1920 » Robert Clarke, American actor and producer († 2005)