McCaughey Kelly Family Tree » Ruby Elizabeth Druitt (1916-1982)

Birthday January 7, 1916

• The temperature on January 7, 1916 was between 6.8 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 3 » The Centre Block of the Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada burns down with the loss of 7 lives.
  • April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun: German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
  • 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.
  • May 10 » Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.
  • 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.
  • August 28 » World War I: Germany declares war on Romania.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Charles Addams, American cartoonist, created The Addams Family († 1988)
• 1913 » Johnny Mize, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster († 1993)
• 1916 » Babe Pratt, Canadian ice hockey player († 1988)
• 1916 » W. L. Jeyasingham, Sri Lankan geographer and academic († 1989)
• 1920 » Vincent Gardenia, Italian-American actor († 1992)
• 1921 » Esmeralda Arboleda Cadavid, Colombian politician († 1997)