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Birthday July 15, 1916

• The temperature on July 15, 1916 was between 9.1 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
  • January 29 » World War I: Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins.
  • February 3 » The Centre Block of the Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada burns down with the loss of 7 lives.
  • March 16 » The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing cross the US–Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.
  • August 28 » World War I: Germany declares war on Romania.
  • September 6 » The first self-service grocery store Piggly Wiggly was opened in Memphis, Tennessee by Clarence Saunders.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1915 » Albert Ghiorso, American chemist and academic († 2010)
• 1915 » Kashmir Singh Katoch, Indian army officer († 2007)
• 1916 » Sumner Gerard, American politician and diplomat († 2005)
• 1917 » Joan Roberts, American actress and singer († 2012)
• 1917 » Nur Muhammad Taraki, Afghan journalist and politician († 1979)
• 1917 » Robert Conquest, English-American historian, poet, and academic († 2015)