Clarke Family Tree » Erika Marie Ucko (1916-2007)

Birthday October 10, 1916

• The temperature on October 10, 1916 was between 12.1 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
  • February 21 » World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
  • April 20 » The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (currently Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7–6 in 11 innings.
  • June 3 » The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
  • July 1 » World War I: First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.
  • July 22 » Preparedness Day Bombing: In San Francisco, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a parade, killing ten and injuring 40.
  • September 6 » The first self-service grocery store Piggly Wiggly was opened in Memphis, Tennessee by Clarence Saunders.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Claude Simon, Malagasy-French novelist and critic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2005)
• 1914 » Ivory Joe Hunter, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1974)
• 1914 » Tommy Fine, American baseball player and businessman († 2005)
• 1915 » Harry Edison, American trumpet player and composer († 1999)
• 1917 » Thelonious Monk, American pianist and composer († 1982)
• 1919 » Willard Estey, Canadian academic and jurist († 2002)