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Born on Wednesday July 16, 1913
Died on Wednesday July 16, 1913

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from July 16, 1913 at Delpher


Born on July 16
  • 1910 » Gordon Prange, American historian, author, and academic († 1980)
  • 1910 » Stan McCabe, Australian cricketer († 1968)
  • 1911 » Ginger Rogers, American actress, singer, and dancer († 1995)
  • 1911 » Sonny Tufts, American actor († 1970)
  • 1912 » Amy Patterson, Argentine composer, singer, poet, and teacher († 2019)
  • 1912 » Milt Bocek, American baseball player († 2007)
  • 1915 » Barnard Hughes, American actor († 2006)
  • 1915 » Elaine Barrie, American actress († 2003)
  • 1918 » Denis Edward Arnold, English soldier († 2015)
  • 1918 » Paul Farnes, famed World War II Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilot and one of "The Few" surviving pilots of the Battle of Britain († 2020)

Died on July 16

Names that were popular for boys in 1913
  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. Gerardus
  14. Antonius
  15. Dirk
  16. Hendrikus
Names that were popular for girls in 1913
  1. Maria
  2. Johanna
  3. Anna
  4. Cornelia
  5. Wilhelmina
  6. Elisabeth
  7. Adriana
  8. Catharina
  9. Hendrika
  10. Petronella
  11. Jacoba
  12. Grietje
  13. Aaltje
  14. Geertruida
  15. Neeltje
  16. Helena

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1913
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • January 5 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Lemnos begins; Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it did not venture for the rest of the war.
  • March 3 » Thousands of women march in the Woman Suffrage Procession in Washington, D.C.
  • March 22 » Mystic Phan Xích Long, the self-proclaimed Emperor of Vietnam, was arrested for organising a revolt against the colonial rule of French Indochina, which was nevertheless carried out by his supporters the following day.
  • March 26 » First Balkan War: Bulgarian forces capture Adrianople.
  • April 4 » First Balkan War: Greek aviator Emmanouil Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot to die in the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
  • August 13 » First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
Weather July 16, 1913

The temperature on July 16, 1913 was between 12.1 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.

Source: KNMI