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Birthday December 3, 1916

• The temperature on December 3, 1916 was between 0.4 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. 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.
  • March 8 » World War I: A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq) in the Battle of Dujaila.
  • April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun: German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
  • June 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
  • August 25 » The United States National Park Service is created.
  • September 15 » World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
  • September 27 » Iyasu V is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zewditu.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1911 » Nino Rota, Italian pianist, composer, conductor, and academic († 1979)
• 1914 » Irving Fine, American composer and academic († 1962)
• 1918 » Abdul Haris Nasution, Indonesian general and politician, 12th Indonesian Minister of Defence († 2000)
• 1919 » Charles Lynch, Canadian journalist and author († 1994)
• 1921 » John Doar, American lawyer and activist († 2014)
• 1921 » Phyllis Curtin, American soprano and academic († 2016)