About the day » Monday May 16, 1910Calender converter

• Alma Kuiken († 1990)
• Anna Wilhelmina Passenier, Domburg, Zeeland, Nederland († 2000)
• Albert Boon, Essen-Kraij, Duitsland († 1981)
• Ariaantje (Sjaantje) Harting, Laar-Duisburg
• * Franciscus van Otterdijk, Someren († 1992)
• Albertus Vink, Stoppeldijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltje Eikendal, Recklinghausen (Dld)
• Akke de Vries, Terhorne, Friesland, Nederland
• Aagje Plomp, Zwijndrecht († 1978)
• Antonius Maria van Laarhoven, Sint-Oedenrode († 1910)

• Barendina Clara Van Engelenhoven (1), Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Franciscus van den EIJNDE (87), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Rol (79), Driel Gld
• Aaldert Smit (0), Slagharen
• Berend Frederik Gerritsen (0), Arnhem
• Antje Minnes de Haan (60), Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Aldert Rodijk (31), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert van 't Hof (88), Gasselte, Nederland
• Admiral David Robertson-Macdonald (92), 1 Mardale Crescent, Edinburgh. Midlothian, Scotland
• Boukje DERKS Oosta (57), Hengelo, Nederland

• 1906 » Ernie McCormick, Australian cricketer († 1991)
• 1907 » Bob Tisdall, Irish hurdler († 2004)
• 1909 » Luigi Villoresi, Italian race car driver († 1997)
• 1909 » Margaret Sullavan, American actress and singer († 1960)
• 1910 » Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov, Russian painter and educator († 1972)
• 1910 » Higashifushimi Kunihide, Japanese monk and educator († 2014)
• 1910 » Olga Bergholz, Russian poet and author († 1975)
• 1912 » Studs Terkel, American historian and author († 2008)
• 1913 » Gordon Chalk, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Queensland († 1991)
• 1913 » Woody Herman, American singer, saxophonist, and clarinet player († 1987)

• 1882 » Reuben Chapman, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of Alabama (b. 1799)
• 1890 » Mihkel Veske, Estonian poet, linguist and theologist (b. 1843)
• 1891 » Ion C. Brătianu, Romanian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1821)
• 1910 » Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Louis Perrier, Swiss architect and politician (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Levi P. Morton, American politician, 22nd United States Vice President (b. 1824)
• 1926 » Mehmed VI, Ottoman sultan (b. 1861)
• 1936 » Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician (b. 1860)
• 1938 » Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co designed The Golden Gate Bridge (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Alfred Hoche, German psychiatrist and academic (b. 1865)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Arie
14. Gerardus
15. Dirk
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Grietje
13. Geertruida
14. Helena
15. Aaltje
16. Neeltje

• 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
• January 13 » The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the operas Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci are sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.
• April 12 » SMSZrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.
• April 29 » The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public.
• May 11 » An act of the U.S. Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana.
• October 22 » Hawley Harvey Crippen (the first felon to be arrested with the help of radio) is convicted of poisoning his wife.
• December 3 » Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.

The temperature on May 16, 1910 was between 6.6 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.