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Birthday February 10, 1916

• The temperature on February 10, 1916 was between -2.1 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
  • March 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.–Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
  • May 10 » Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.
  • June 1 » Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
  • August 17 » World War I: Romania signs a secret treaty with the Entente Powers. According to the treaty, Romania agreed to join the war on the Allied side.
  • August 30 » Ernest Shackleton completes the rescue of all of his men stranded on Elephant Island in Antarctica.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1914 » Larry Adler, American harmonica player, composer, and actor († 2001)
• 1915 » Vladimir Zeldin, Russian actor († 2016)
• 1919 » Ioannis Charalambopoulos, Greek colonel and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece († 2014)
• 1920 » Alex Comfort, English physician and author († 2000)
• 1920 » José Manuel Castañón, Spanish lawyer and author († 2001)
• 1920 » Neva Patterson, American actress († 2010)