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Birthday November 7, 1916

• The temperature on November 7, 1916 was between 5.4 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 19.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very 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.
  • February 27 » Ocean liner SS Maloja strikes a mine near Dover and sinks with the loss of 155 lives.
  • March 16 » The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing cross the US–Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.
  • August 16 » The Migratory Bird Treaty between Canada and the United States is signed.
  • August 28 » World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.
  • September 15 » World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
  • November 21 » Mines from SM U-73 sink the HMHS Britannic, the largest ship lost in the First World War.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1915 » M. Athalie Range, American activist and politician († 2006)
• 1915 » Philip Morrison, American astrophysicist and academic († 2005)
• 1917 » Titos Vandis, Greek actor († 2003)
• 1918 » Paul Aussaresses, French general († 2013)