Family tree Jacobs » Johanna Cornelia Helena van Biene (1916-)

Birthday March 6, 1916

• The temperature on March 6, 1916 was between -4.2 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • February 21 » World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
  • June 24 » Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
  • August 17 » World War I: Romania signs a secret treaty with the Entente Powers. According to the treaty, Romania agreed to join the war on the Allied side.
  • September 6 » The first self-service grocery store Piggly Wiggly was opened in Memphis, Tennessee by Clarence Saunders.
  • September 7 » US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)
  • September 27 » Iyasu V is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zewditu.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Mohammed Burhanuddin, Indian spiritual leader, 52nd Da'i al-Mutlaq († 2014)
• 1917 » Donald Davidson, American philosopher and academic († 2003)
• 1917 » Frankie Howerd, English comedian († 1992)
• 1917 » Will Eisner, American illustrator and publisher († 2005)
• 1918 » Howard McGhee, American trumpeter († 1987)
• 1920 » Lewis Gilbert, English director, producer, and screenwriter († 2018)