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Birthday December 6, 1916

• The temperature on December 6, 1916 was between -0.5 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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.
  • January 24 » In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
  • January 29 » World War I: Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins.
  • February 25 » In the Battle of Verdun, a German unit captures Fort Douaumont, keystone of the French defences, without a fight.
  • April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun: German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
  • April 10 » The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
  • April 24 » Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1916 » Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and producer († 1986)
• 1916 » Kristján Eldjárn, Icelandic educator and politician, 3rd President of Iceland († 1982)
• 1916 » Yekaterina Budanova, Russian captain and pilot († 1943)
• 1917 » Dean Hess, American minister and colonel († 2015)
• 1917 » Irv Robbins, Canadian-American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins († 2008)
• 1917 » Kamal Jumblatt, Lebanese lawyer and politician († 1977)