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Birthday February 27, 1916

• The temperature on February 27, 1916 was between -1.6 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong 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.
  • February 21 » World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
  • 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.
  • June 24 » Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
  • July 7 » The New Zealand Labour Party was founded in Wellington.
  • November 7 » Woodrow Wilson is reelected as President of the United States.
  • November 13 » World War I: Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Kusumagraj, Indian author, poet, and playwright († 1999)
• 1913 » Irwin Shaw, American author and screenwriter († 1984)
• 1913 » Kazimierz Sabbat, Polish soldier and politician, President of Poland († 1989)
• 1913 » Paul Ricœur, French philosopher and academic († 2005)
• 1915 » Denis Whitaker, Canadian general, football player, and businessman († 2001)
• 1917 » John Connally, American lieutenant and politician, 61st United States Secretary of Treasury († 1993)