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Birthday February 2, 1916

• The temperature on February 2, 1916 was between -2.4 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). 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.
  • April 10 » The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
  • June 3 » The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
  • 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 27 » Iyasu V is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zewditu.
  • October 16 » Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States.
  • November 7 » Woodrow Wilson is reelected as President of the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1915 » Abba Eban, South African-Israeli politician and diplomat, 1st Israel Ambassador to the United Nations († 2002)
• 1915 » Khushwant Singh, Indian journalist and author († 2014)
• 1915 » Stan Leonard, Canadian golfer († 2005)
• 1916 » Xuân Diệu, Vietnamese poet and author († 1985)
• 1917 » Đỗ Mười, Vietnamese politician, 5th Prime Minister of Vietnam († 2018)
• 1917 » Mary Ellis, British World War II ferry pilot († 2018)