Genealogy Calo/Rodrigues/Ventura/Cardoso » Joan Nancy Webley (1916-1970)

Birthday December 23, 1916

• The temperature on December 23, 1916 was between 0.6 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 12.7 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong 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.
  • January 27 » World War I: The British government passed a legislation that introduced conscription in the United Kingdom.
  • April 8 » In Corona, California, race car driver Bob Burman crashes, killing three (including himself), and badly injuring five spectators.
  • April 24 » Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance.
  • August 16 » The Migratory Bird Treaty between Canada and the United States is signed.
  • August 25 » The United States National Park Service is created.
  • September 8 » In a bid to prove that women were capable of serving as military dispatch riders, Augusta and Adeline Van Buren arrive in Los Angeles, completing a 60-day, 5,500 mile cross-country trip on motorcycles.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Anna J. Harrison, American organic chemist and academic († 1998)
• 1912 » Woodrow Borah, American historian of Spanish America († 1999)
• 1916 » Dino Risi, Italian director and screenwriter († 2008)
• 1918 » Helmut Schmidt, German soldier, economist, and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany († 2015)
• 1918 » José Greco, Italian-American dancer and choreographer († 2000)
• 1919 » Kenneth M. Taylor, American general and pilot († 2006)