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Birthday July 15, 1916

• The temperature on July 15, 1916 was between 9.1 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 9 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun: German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
  • April 29 » World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.
  • June 1 » Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
  • July 1 » World War I: First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.
  • August 2 » World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.
  • November 5 » The Everett massacre takes place in Everett, Washington as political differences lead to a shoot-out between the Industrial Workers of the World organizers and local police.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1915 » Albert Ghiorso, American chemist and academic († 2010)
• 1915 » Kashmir Singh Katoch, Indian army officer († 2007)
• 1916 » Sumner Gerard, American politician and diplomat († 2005)
• 1917 » Joan Roberts, American actress and singer († 2012)
• 1917 » Nur Muhammad Taraki, Afghan journalist and politician († 1979)
• 1917 » Robert Conquest, English-American historian, poet, and academic († 2015)