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Birthday May 13, 1916

• The temperature on May 13, 1916 was between 7.4 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
  • March 9 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against the border town of Columbus, New Mexico.
  • April 24 » Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic.
  • August 2 » World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.
  • September 17 » World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.
  • September 27 » Iyasu V is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zewditu.
  • November 7 » Woodrow Wilson is reelected as President of the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1914 » Antonia Ferrín Moreiras, Spanish mathematician, academic, and astronomer († 2009)
• 1914 » Joe Louis, American boxer († 1981)
• 1914 » Johnnie Wright, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2011)
• 1916 » Sachidananda Routray, Indian Oriya-language poet († 2004)
• 1918 » Balasaraswati, Indian dancer and instructor († 1984)
• 1918 » Gwyn Howells, Australian public servant († 1997)