Descendants Lavarne » Albert Jan Roeterdink (1917-)

Birthday January 16, 1917

• The temperature on January 16, 1917 was between -2.1 °C and -0.3 °C and averaged -0.9 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • March 15 » Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty.
  • July 25 » Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
  • October 4 » World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
  • October 15 » World War I: Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by France for espionage.
  • November 8 » The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.
  • December 20 » Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1916 » Eddie Burns, Australian rugby league player and coach († 2004)
• 1916 » Philip Lucock, English-Australian minister and politician († 1996)
• 1917 » Carl Karcher, American businessman, founded Carl's Jr. († 2008)
• 1918 » Allan Ekelund, Swedish director, producer, and production manager († 2009)
• 1918 » Clem Jones, Australian surveyor and politician, 8th Lord Mayor of Brisbane († 2007)
• 1918 » Nel Benschop, Dutch poet and educator († 2005)