Database Schaap » Gerrit Schaap (1916-)

Birthday March 10, 1916

• The temperature on March 10, 1916 was between -0.4 °C and 1.4 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 27 » Ocean liner SS Maloja strikes a mine near Dover and sinks with the loss of 155 lives.
  • 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 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.
  • September 27 » Iyasu V is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zewditu.
  • November 21 » Mines from SM U-73 sink the HMHS Britannic, the largest ship lost in the First World War.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1915 » Harry Bertoia, Italian-American sculptor and furniture designer († 1978)
• 1915 » Joža Horvat, Croatian writer († 2012)
• 1917 » David Hare, American Surrealist artist, sculptor, photographer and painter († 1992)
• 1918 » Günther Rall, German general and pilot († 2009)
• 1920 » Alfred Peet, Dutch-American businessman, founded Peet's Coffee & Tea († 2007)
• 1923 » Val Logsdon Fitch, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2015)