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Birthday June 23, 1916

• The temperature on June 23, 1916 was between 14.2 °C and 27.7 °C and averaged 20.6 °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.
  • July 15 » In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
  • August 25 » The United States National Park Service is created.
  • August 27 » World War I: The Kingdom of Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering the war as one of the Allied nations.
  • August 28 » World War I: Germany declares war on Romania.
  • August 30 » Ernest Shackleton completes the rescue of all of his men stranded on Elephant Island in Antarctica.
  • September 3 » World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil.

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)