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Born on Monday November 6, 1916
Died on Monday November 6, 1916

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from November 6, 1916 at Delpher


Born on November 6
  • 1900 » Ida Lou Anderson, American orator and professor, pioneer in the field of radio broadcasting († 1941)
  • 1908 » Tony Canzoneri, American boxer († 1959)
  • 1921 » Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricketer († 2006)
  • 1924 » Harry Threadgold, English footballer († 1996)
  • 1926 » Frank Carson, Northern Irish comedian and actor († 2012)
  • 1926 » Zig Ziglar, American soldier, businessman, and author († 2012)
  • 1930 » Derrick Bell, American scholar, author and critical race theorist († 2011)
  • 1931 » Mike Nichols, German-born American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2014)
  • 1932 » François Englert, Belgian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1933 » Else Ackermann, German physician and pharmacologist († 2019)

Died on November 6

Names that were popular for boys in 1916
  1. Johannes
  2. Jan
  3. Cornelis
  4. Hendrik
  5. Willem
  6. Pieter
  7. Gerrit
  8. Petrus
  9. Jacob
  10. Albert
  11. Adrianus
  12. Jacobus
  13. Wilhelmus
  14. Gerardus
  15. Dirk
  16. Marinus
Names that were popular for girls in 1916
  1. Maria
  2. Johanna
  3. Anna
  4. Cornelia
  5. Elisabeth
  6. Wilhelmina
  7. Hendrika
  8. Catharina
  9. Adriana
  10. Petronella
  11. Jacoba
  12. Aaltje
  13. Geertruida
  14. Grietje
  15. Helena
  16. Neeltje

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1916
  • 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.
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • March 9 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against the border town of Columbus, New Mexico.
  • April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun: German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
  • May 6 » Vietnamese Emperor Duy Tân is captured while calling upon the people to rise up against the French, and is later deposed and exiled to Réunion 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.
  • July 22 » Preparedness Day Bombing: In San Francisco, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a parade, killing ten and injuring 40.
  • September 6 » The first self-service grocery store Piggly Wiggly was opened in Memphis, Tennessee by Clarence Saunders.
Weather November 6, 1916

The temperature on November 6, 1916 was between 5.4 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.

Source: KNMI