Database Schaap » Alida Margareta Schaap (1916-)

Birthday September 5, 1916

• The temperature on September 5, 1916 was between 8.7 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 29 » Tokelau is annexed by the United Kingdom.
  • April 25 » Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.
  • August 16 » The Migratory Bird Treaty between Canada and the United States is signed.
  • 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 13 » World War I: Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1916 » Frank Yerby, American novelist († 1991)
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