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Birthday November 9, 1916

• The temperature on November 9, 1916 was between 4.2 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 29 » Child labor: In South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill, and mine workers is raised from 12 to 14 years old.
  • May 16 » The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the French Third Republic sign the secret wartime Sykes-Picot Agreement partitioning former Ottoman territories such as Iraq and Syria.
  • 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 16 » The Migratory Bird Treaty between Canada and the United States is signed.
  • September 8 » In a bid to prove that women were capable of serving as military dispatch riders, Augusta and Adeline Van Buren arrive in Los Angeles, completing a 60-day, 5,500 mile cross-country trip on motorcycles.
  • September 11 » The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge previously collapsed completely on August 29, 1907.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1914 » Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-American actress and inventor († 2000)
• 1914 » Thomas Berry, American priest, historian, and theologian († 2009)
• 1915 » André François, Romanian-French illustrator, painter, and sculptor († 2005)
• 1915 » Sargent Shriver, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 21st United States Ambassador to France († 2011)
• 1916 » Martha Settle Putney, American lieutenant, historian, and educator († 2008)
• 1918 » Spiro Agnew, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 39th Vice President of the United States († 1996)