Myers-Hancock Family Tree » Ide JACKSON (1916-1916)

Birthday June 21, 1916

• The temperature on June 21, 1916 was between 5.7 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
  • February 21 » World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
  • February 25 » In the Battle of Verdun, a German unit captures Fort Douaumont, keystone of the French defences, without a fight.
  • May 10 » Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.
  • July 15 » In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
  • September 7 » US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)
  • December 6 » World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1914 » William Vickrey, Canadian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1996)
• 1915 » Wilhelm Gliese, German soldier and astronomer († 1993)
• 1916 » Buddy O'Connor, Canadian ice hockey player († 1977)
• 1916 » Herbert Friedman, American physicist and astronomer († 2000)
• 1916 » Joseph Cyril Bamford, English businessman, founded J. C. Bamford († 2001)
• 1916 » Tchan Fou-li, Chinese photographer († 2018)