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Birthday November 5, 1916

• The temperature on November 5, 1916 was between 10.2 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) 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.
  • January 12 » Both Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann, for achieving eight aerial victories each over Allied aircraft, receive the German Empire's highest military award, the Pour le Mérite as the first German aviators to earn it.
  • February 27 » Ocean liner SS Maloja strikes a mine near Dover and sinks with the loss of 155 lives.
  • July 22 » Preparedness Day Bombing: In San Francisco, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a parade, killing ten and injuring 40.
  • August 28 » World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.
  • October 7 » Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
  • October 16 » Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1913 » Vivien Leigh, Indian-British actress († 1967)
• 1914 » Alton Tobey, American painter and illustrator († 2005)
• 1917 » Banarsi Das Gupta, Indian activist and politician, 4th Chief Minister of Haryana († 2007)
• 1917 » Jacqueline Auriol, French pilot († 2000)
• 1917 » James Lawton Collins Jr., American brigadier general († 2002)