Genealogy Harssema » (Stillborn) van der NOORD (1916-1916)

Birthday March 25, 1916

• The temperature on March 25, 1916 was between -0.5 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 4 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.
  • April 24 » Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic.
  • April 25 » Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.
  • June 5 » World War I: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out.
  • August 17 » World War I: Romania signs a secret treaty with the Entente Powers. According to the treaty, Romania agreed to join the war on the Allied side.
  • August 29 » The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.
  • September 6 » The first self-service grocery store Piggly Wiggly was opened in Memphis, Tennessee by Clarence Saunders.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Melita Norwood, English civil servant and spy († 2005)
• 1913 » Reo Stakis, Cypriot-Scottish businessman, founded Stakis Hotels († 2001)
• 1914 » Norman Borlaug, American agronomist and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate († 2009)
• 1915 » Dorothy Squires, Welsh singer († 1998)
• 1916 » S. M. Pandit, Indian painter and educator († 1993)
• 1918 » Howard Cosell, American soldier, journalist, and author († 1995)