Kramer Family Tree » Berta Gunilla Lind (1916-1999)

Birthday May 30, 1916

• The temperature on May 30, 1916 was between 10.5 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 9 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.
  • April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun: German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
  • June 5 » Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first American Jew to hold such a position.
  • July 19 » World War I: Battle of Fromelles: British and Australian troops attack German trenches as part of the Battle of the Somme.
  • November 7 » Boston Elevated Railway Company's streetcar No. 393 smashes through the warning gates of the open Summer Street drawbridge in Boston, Massachusetts, plunging into the frigid waters of Fort Point Channel, killing 46 people.
  • November 30 » Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1914 » Akinoumi Setsuo, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 37th Yokozuna († 1979)
• 1915 » Len Carney, English footballer and soldier († 1996)
• 1916 » Justin Catayée, French soldier and politician († 1962)
• 1916 » Mort Meskin, American illustrator († 1995)
• 1918 » Bob Evans, American businessman, founded Bob Evans Restaurants († 2007)
• 1918 » Pita Amor, Mexican poet and author († 2000)