Dagosto/Dimirra/Weckerle/Kuhn Family Tree » Mary Ann HOLMES (1916-1916)

Birthday September 30, 1916

• The temperature on September 30, 1916 was between 5.1 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (47%). 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.
  • 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.
  • June 5 » World War I: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out.
  • July 7 » The New Zealand Labour Party was founded in Wellington.
  • September 19 » World War I: During the East African Campaign, colonial forces of the Belgian Congo (Force Publique) under the command of Charles Tombeur capture the town of Tabora after heavy fighting.
  • November 1 » In Russia, Pavel Milyukov delivers in the State Duma the famous "stupidity or treason" speech, precipitating the downfall of the government of Boris Stürmer.
  • November 5 » The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of 5th November of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1915 » Lester Maddox, American businessman and politician, 75th Governor of Georgia († 2003)
• 1917 » Buddy Rich, American drummer, bandleader, and actor († 1987)
• 1917 » Yuri Lyubimov, Russian actor and director († 2014)
• 1918 » Lewis Nixon, U.S. Army captain († 1995)
• 1918 » René Rémond, French historian and economist († 2007)