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Birthday November 4, 1916

• The temperature on November 4, 1916 was between 10.2 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • 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 4 » World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.
  • 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.
  • July 15 » In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
  • November 7 » Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
  • November 7 » Woodrow Wilson is reelected as President of the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1914 » Carlos Castillo Armas, Authoritarian ruler of Guatemala (1954-1957) († 1957)
• 1915 » Ismail Abdul Rahman, Malaysian politician († 1973)
• 1915 » Marguerite Patten, English economist and author († 2015)
• 1916 » John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient († 1945)
• 1916 » Ruth Handler, American businesswoman, created Barbie († 2002)
• 1916 » Walter Cronkite, American journalist, voice actor, and producer († 2009)