Database Van Broekhoven » Jacob Verhage (1916-)

Birthday June 29, 1916

• The temperature on June 29, 1916 was between 10.6 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
  • April 29 » World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.
  • June 4 » World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.
  • July 15 » In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
  • August 28 » World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.
  • September 11 » The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge previously collapsed completely on August 29, 1907.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1914 » Christos Papakyriakopoulos, Greek-American mathematician and academic († 1976)
• 1914 » Rafael Kubelík, Czech-American conductor and composer († 1996)
• 1916 » Ruth Warrick, American actress and activist († 2005)
• 1917 » Ling Yun, Chinese politician († 2018)
• 1918 » Gene La Rocque, U.S admiral († 2016)
• 1918 » Heini Lohrer, Swiss ice hockey player († 2011)