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Birthday April 3, 1916

• The temperature on April 3, 1916 was between 1.7 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
  • April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun: German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
  • July 1 » World War I: First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.
  • August 25 » The United States National Park Service is created.
  • November 1 » In Russia, Pavel Milyukov delivers in the State Duma the famous "stupidity or treason" speech, precipitating the downfall of the government of Boris Stürmer.
  • November 5 » The Everett massacre takes place in Everett, Washington as political differences lead to a shoot-out between the Industrial Workers of the World organizers and local police.
  • December 23 » World War I: Battle of Magdhaba: Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in the Sinai Peninsula.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1914 » Ray Getliffe, Canadian ice hockey player († 2008)
• 1915 » İhsan Doğramacı, Turkish physician and academic († 2010)
• 1915 » Piet de Jong, Dutch politician and naval officer, Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 2016)
• 1916 » Cliff Gladwin, English cricketer († 1988)
• 1916 » Herb Caen, American journalist and author († 1997)
• 1916 » Louis Guglielmi, Catalan composer († 1991)