Database Van Broekhoven » Gerardus Wittebol (1916-)

Birthday March 4, 1916

• The temperature on March 4, 1916 was between -1.6 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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.
  • August 2 » World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.
  • August 25 » The United States National Park Service is created.
  • August 30 » Ernest Shackleton completes the rescue of all of his men stranded on Elephant Island in Antarctica.
  • October 7 » Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
  • November 7 » Woodrow Wilson is reelected as President of the United States.
  • December 30 » The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1915 » Frank Sleeman, Australian lieutenant and politician, Lord Mayor of Brisbane († 2000)
• 1915 » László Csatáry, Hungarian art dealer († 2013)
• 1916 » Ernest Titterton, British Australian nuclear physicist († 1990)
• 1916 » Giorgio Bassani, Italian author and poet († 2000)
• 1916 » Hans Eysenck, German-English psychologist and theorist († 1997)
• 1916 » William Alland, American actor, director, and producer († 1997)