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Birthday October 16, 1916

• The temperature on October 16, 1916 was between 3.5 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 8.7 mm of rain. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
  • January 27 » World War I: The British government passed a legislation that introduced conscription in the United Kingdom.
  • 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.
  • April 25 » Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.
  • June 1 » Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
  • June 24 » Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
  • November 5 » The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of 5th November of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1918 » Abraham Nemeth, American mathematician and academic († 2013)
• 1918 » Louis Althusser, Algerian-French philosopher and academic († 1990)
• 1918 » Tony Rolt, English race car driver and engineer († 2008)
• 1919 » Kathleen Winsor, American journalist and author († 2003)