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Birthday August 27, 1916

• The temperature on August 27, 1916 was between 14.3 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 7.8 mm of rain. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
  • May 31 » World War I: Battle of Jutland: The British Grand Fleet engages the High Seas Fleet in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive.
  • September 11 » The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge previously collapsed completely on August 29, 1907.
  • 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.
  • December 6 » World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.
  • December 23 » World War I: Battle of Magdhaba: Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in the Sinai Peninsula.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1915 » Norman Foster Ramsey Jr., American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2011)
• 1916 » Gordon Bashford, English engineer, co-designed the Range Rover († 1991)
• 1916 » Martha Raye, American actress and comedian († 1994)
• 1916 » Tony Harris, South African cricketer and rugby player († 1993)
• 1917 » Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1986)
• 1918 » Jelle Zijlstra, Dutch economist and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 2001)