Genealogy Romeijnders » Arnoldus van Hooft (± 1866-1916)

Day of death September 17, 1916

• The temperature on September 17, 1916 was between 9.2 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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 1 » Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
  • 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.
  • August 14 » Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary.
  • August 25 » The United States National Park Service is created.
  • September 6 » The first self-service grocery store Piggly Wiggly was opened in Memphis, Tennessee by Clarence Saunders.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1907 » Ignaz Brüll, Czech-Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1846)
• 1908 » Henri Julien, Canadian cartoonist (b. 1852)
• 1908 » Thomas Selfridge, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1882)
• 1909 » Thomas Bent, Australian businessman and politician, 22nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1838)
• 1911 » Edmonia Lewis, American sculptor (b. 1844)
• 1923 » Stefanos Dragoumis, Greek judge and politician, 92nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1842)