Kelson Burbank Genealogy » Hazel Cordella Mae "Della" Schmitz (1916-1986)

Birthday November 26, 1916

• The average temperature on November 26, 1916 was 5.0 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • March 9 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against the border town of Columbus, New Mexico.
  • May 6 » Vietnamese Emperor Duy Tân is captured while calling upon the people to rise up against the French, and is later deposed and exiled to Réunion island.
  • September 6 » The first self-service grocery store Piggly Wiggly was opened in Memphis, Tennessee by Clarence Saunders.
  • October 16 » Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States.
  • 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 » Earl Wild, American pianist and composer († 2010)
• 1915 » Inge King, German-born Australian sculptor († 2016)
• 1917 » Nesuhi Ertegun, Turkish-American record producer († 1989)
• 1918 » Patricio Aylwin, Chilean lawyer and politician, 31st President of Chile († 2016)
• 1919 » Frederik Pohl, American journalist and author († 2013)
• 1919 » Ryszard Kaczorowski, Polish soldier and politician, 6th President of the Republic of Poland († 2010)