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Birthday July 27, 1916

• The temperature on July 27, 1916 was between 14.7 °C and 24.2 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
  • June 5 » Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first American Jew to hold such a position.
  • July 7 » The New Zealand Labour Party was founded in Wellington.
  • August 14 » Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary.
  • November 7 » Woodrow Wilson is reelected as President of the United States.
  • November 18 » World War I: First Battle of the Somme: In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916.
  • December 30 » The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1914 » August Sang, Estonian poet and translator († 1969)
• 1915 » Josef Priller, German colonel and pilot († 1961)
• 1915 » Mario Del Monaco, Italian tenor († 1982)
• 1916 » Elizabeth Hardwick, American literary critic, novelist, and short story writer († 2007)
• 1916 » Keenan Wynn, American actor († 1986)
• 1916 » Skippy Williams, American saxophonist and arranger († 1994)