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Birthday April 23, 1916

• The temperature on April 23, 1916 was between 3.5 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
  • March 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.–Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
  • April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun: German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
  • April 10 » The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
  • April 25 » Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.
  • June 30 » World War I: In "the day Sussex died", elements of the Royal Sussex Regiment take heavy casualties in the Battle of the Boar's Head at Richebourg-l'Avoué in France.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1915 » Arnold Alexander Hall, English engineer, academic, and businessman († 2000)
• 1916 » Sinah Estelle Kelley, American chemist († 1982)
• 1916 » Yiannis Moralis, Greek painter and educator († 2009)
• 1917 » Dorian Leigh, American model († 2008)
• 1917 » Tony Lupien, American baseball player and coach († 2004)
• 1918 » Maurice Druon, French author and screenwriter († 2009)