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Birthday January 31, 1916

• The temperature on January 31, 1916 was between -2.3 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged -0.5 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
  • January 27 » World War I: The British government passed a legislation that introduced conscription in the United Kingdom.
  • March 16 » The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing cross the US–Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.
  • April 24 » Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance.
  • August 16 » The Migratory Bird Treaty between Canada and the United States is signed.
  • August 28 » World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1915 » Alan Lomax, American historian, author, and scholar († 2002)
• 1915 » Bobby Hackett, American trumpet player and cornet player († 1976)
• 1915 » Garry Moore, American comedian and game show host († 1993)
• 1915 » Thomas Merton, American monk and author († 1968)
• 1916 » Frank Parker, American tennis player († 1997)
• 1917 » Fred Bassetti, American architect and academic, founded Bassetti Architects († 2013)