Sherren Family Tree » Joseph Douglas Fothergill (1917-1970)

Birthday May 30, 1917

• The temperature on May 30, 1917 was between 9.8 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (54%). 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • April 16 » Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland.
  • May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
  • July 31 » World War I: The Battle of Passchendaele begins near Ypres in West Flanders, Belgium.
  • August 28 » Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
  • August 30 » Vietnamese prison guards led by Trịnh Văn Cấn mutiny at the Thái Nguyên penitentiary against local French authority.
  • November 28 » The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1915 » Len Carney, English footballer and soldier († 1996)
• 1916 » Justin Catayée, French soldier and politician († 1962)
• 1916 » Mort Meskin, American illustrator († 1995)
• 1918 » Bob Evans, American businessman, founded Bob Evans Restaurants († 2007)
• 1918 » Pita Amor, Mexican poet and author († 2000)
• 1919 » René Barrientos, Bolivian general and politician, 55th President of Bolivia († 1969)