Database Van Broekhoven » Cornelia Johanna Elisabeth van Rooij (1916-)

Birthday June 24, 1916

• The temperature on June 24, 1916 was between 11.8 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 13.0 mm of rain. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 27 » Ocean liner SS Maloja strikes a mine near Dover and sinks with the loss of 155 lives.
  • February 29 » Child labor: In South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill, and mine workers is raised from 12 to 14 years old.
  • June 30 » World War I: In "the day Sussex died", elements of the Royal Sussex Regiment take heavy casualties in the Battle of the Boar's Head at Richebourg-l'Avoué in France.
  • July 19 » World War I: Battle of Fromelles: British and Australian troops attack German trenches as part of the Battle of the Somme.
  • August 16 » The Migratory Bird Treaty between Canada and the United States is signed.
  • December 18 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when German forces under Chief of staff Erich von Falkenhayn are defeated by the French, and suffer 337,000 casualties.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1915 » Fred Hoyle, English astronomer and author († 2001)
• 1916 » Saloua Raouda Choucair, Lebanese painter and sculptor († 2017)
• 1916 » William B. Saxbe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 70th United States Attorney General († 2010)
• 1917 » David Easton, Canadian-American political scientist and academic († 2014)
• 1917 » Lucy Jarvis, American television producer († 2020)
• 1917 » Ramblin' Tommy Scott, American singer and guitarist († 2013)