Conk/Robillard Family Tree » Julia R Geany (1916-1985)

Birthday April 22, 1916

• The temperature on April 22, 1916 was between 5.8 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 10.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
  • May 31 » World War I: Battle of Jutland: The British Grand Fleet engages the High Seas Fleet in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive.
  • June 10 » The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire was declared by Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca.
  • August 28 » World War I: Germany declares war on Romania.
  • September 8 » In a bid to prove that women were capable of serving as military dispatch riders, Augusta and Adeline Van Buren arrive in Los Angeles, completing a 60-day, 5,500 mile cross-country trip on motorcycles.
  • September 15 » World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
  • November 21 » Mines from SM U-73 sink the HMHS Britannic, the largest ship lost in the First World War.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1916 » Hanfried Lenz, German mathematician and academic († 2013)
• 1916 » Yehudi Menuhin, American-Swiss violinist and conductor († 1999)
• 1917 » Sidney Nolan, Australian painter († 1992)
• 1917 » Yvette Chauviré, French ballerina († 2016)