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Birthday June 15, 1916

• The temperature on June 15, 1916 was between 8.7 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 9 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.
  • 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.
  • June 1 » Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
  • August 14 » Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary.
  • August 28 » World War I: Germany declares war on Romania.
  • September 11 » The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge previously collapsed completely on August 29, 1907.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1915 » Nini Theilade, Danish ballet dancer, choreographer, and educator († 2018)
• 1915 » Thomas Huckle Weller, American biologist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2008)
• 1916 » Herbert A. Simon, American political scientist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2001)
• 1916 » Horacio Salgán, Argentinian pianist, composer, and conductor († 2016)
• 1916 » Olga Erteszek, Polish-American fashion designer († 1989)
• 1917 » John Fenn, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2010)