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Birthday January 22, 1916

• The temperature on January 22, 1916 was between 5.2 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • January 24 » In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
  • February 21 » World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
  • July 19 » World War I: Battle of Fromelles: British and Australian troops attack German trenches as part of the Battle of the Somme.
  • October 7 » Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
  • 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 6 » World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1914 » Dimitris Dragatakis, Greek violinist and composer († 2001)
• 1915 » Heinrich Albertz, German theologian and politician, Mayor of Berlin († 1993)
• 1916 » Bill Durnan, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1972)
• 1916 » Harilal Upadhyay, Indian author, poet, and astrologist († 1994)
• 1916 » Henri Dutilleux, French pianist, composer, and educator († 2013)
• 1918 » Elmer Lach, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2015)