Database Van Broekhoven » Helena Johanna Apon (1916-)

Birthday June 7, 1916

• The temperature on June 7, 1916 was between 5.8 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 12.9 mm of rain. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 3 » The Centre Block of the Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada burns down with the loss of 7 lives.
  • February 21 » World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
  • June 4 » World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.
  • June 5 » World War I: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out.
  • July 15 » In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
  • August 5 » World War I: Battle of Romani: Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai Peninsula.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1911 » Brooks Stevens, American engineer and designer, designed the Wienermobile († 1995)
• 1912 » Jacques Hélian, French bandleader († 1986)
• 1917 » Dean Martin, American singer, actor, and producer († 1995)
• 1917 » Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet († 2000)
• 1920 » Georges Marchais, French mechanic and politician († 1997)
• 1921 » Myrtle Edwards, Australian cricketer and softball player († 2010)