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Birthday June 23, 1916

• The temperature on June 23, 1916 was between 13.6 °C and 26.5 °C and averaged 19.6 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • February 25 » In the Battle of Verdun, a German unit captures Fort Douaumont, keystone of the French defences, without a fight.
  • February 27 » Ocean liner SS Maloja strikes a mine near Dover and sinks with the loss of 155 lives.
  • June 4 » World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.
  • July 7 » The New Zealand Labour Party was founded in Wellington.
  • August 5 » World War I: Battle of Romani: Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai Peninsula.
  • September 15 » World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » William P. Rogers, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 55th United States Secretary of State († 2001)
• 1915 » Frances Gabe, American artist and inventor († 2016)
• 1916 » Al G. Wright, American bandleader and conductor
• 1916 » Irene Worth, American actress († 2002)
• 1916 » Len Hutton, English cricketer and soldier († 1990)
• 1919 » Mohamed Boudiaf, Algerian politician, President of Algeria († 1992)