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Birthday April 12, 1916

• The temperature on April 12, 1916 was between 2.7 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 16.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • January 27 » World War I: The British government passed a legislation that introduced conscription in the United Kingdom.
  • February 21 » World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
  • February 24 » The Governor-General of Korea establishes a clinic called Jahyewon in Sorokdo to segregate Hansen's disease patients.
  • 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 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
  • September 11 » The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge previously collapsed completely on August 29, 1907.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1916 » Benjamin Libet, American neuropsychologist and academic († 2007)
• 1916 » Beverly Cleary, American author
• 1916 » Russell Garcia, American-New Zealander composer and conductor († 2011)
• 1917 » Helen Forrest, American singer and actress († 1999)
• 1917 » Robert Manzon, French racing driver († 2015)
• 1917 » Vinoo Mankad, Indian cricketer († 1978)