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Birthday July 4, 1916

• The temperature on July 4, 1916 was between 6.0 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 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 5 » Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first American Jew to hold such a position.
  • August 27 » World War I: The Kingdom of Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering the war as one of the Allied nations.
  • September 6 » The first self-service grocery store Piggly Wiggly was opened in Memphis, Tennessee by Clarence Saunders.
  • November 13 » World War I: Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.
  • November 21 » Mines from SM U-73 sink the HMHS Britannic, the largest ship lost in the First World War.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1914 » Nuccio Bertone, Italian automobile designer († 1997)
• 1915 » Timmie Rogers, American actor and singer-songwriter († 2006)
• 1916 » Iva Toguri D'Aquino, American typist and broadcaster († 2006)
• 1918 » Eppie Lederer, American journalist and radio host († 2002)
• 1918 » Johnnie Parsons, American race car driver († 1984)
• 1918 » King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV of Tonga, († 2006)