About the day » Thursday October 14, 1915Calender converter

• Albertus Adrianus Geldof, Banjarmasin, Banjarmasin, Kalimantan Selatan, Ned. Indie († 1992)
• Adrianus Johannis Boele († 2002)
• Breddels, Heukelum West Betuwe (GL) († 1915)
• Annigje Fransina Rietveld, schoonhoven (zuid holland) († 1918)
• antonius lambertus kappen, oss († 1987)
• Albert Daems, Stabroek, België, Lepelstraat A 51
• Adrianus Johannes Stokman, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1930)
• Berend Steenkamp, Nieuw-Weerdinge, Emmen († 1974)
• Anna Odilia Sentis, Nieuwstadt, Limburg, Nederland († 1966)
• Albert Quispel, Rotterdam († 1975)

• Antonia Elisabeth van Beek (3), Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Breddels (0), Heukelum West Betuwe (GL)
• Antonie van den BRAND (65), Schijndel, 4178, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Wilhelmina Van Zundert (0), Terheijden (Nl)
• Alida Verburg (39), Polsbroek, Lopik, Nederland
• Aafke Holwerda (75), Oosternijkerk, Friesland, Netherlands
• Albert Kok (66), Ilpendam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Albert Kok (66), Ilpendam
• Christianus Franciscus Zwartjes (57), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna van Katwijk (23), Hof van Delft

• 1910 » John Wooden, American basketball player and coach († 2010)
• 1911 » Lê Đức Thọ, Vietnamese general and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1990)
• 1914 » Alexis Rannit, Estonian poet and critic († 1985)
• 1914 » Harry Brecheen, American baseball player and coach († 2004)
• 1914 » Raymond Davis Jr., American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2006)
• 1915 » Loris Francesco Capovilla, Italian cardinal († 2016)
• 1916 » C. Everett Koop, American admiral and surgeon, 13th United States Surgeon General († 2013)
• 1918 » Doug Ring, Australian cricketer and sportscaster († 2003)
• 1918 » Marcel Chaput, Canadian biochemist, journalist, and politician († 1991)
• 1918 » Thelma Coyne Long, Australian tennis player and captain († 2015)

• 1911 » John Marshall Harlan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1833)
• 1923 » Marcellus Emants, Dutch-Swiss author, poet, and playwright (b. 1848)
• 1929 » Henri Berger, German composer and bandleader (b. 1844)
• 1930 » Samuel van Houten, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior (b. 1837)
• 1942 » Noboru Yamaguchi, Japanese mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1943 » Sobibór uprising:
• 1944 » Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (b. 1891)
• 1953 » Émile Sarrade, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1877)
• 1953 » Kyuichi Tokuda, Japanese lawyer and politician (b. 1894)
• 1958 » Douglas Mawson, Australian geologist, academic, and explorer (b. 1882)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Albert
10. Adrianus
11. Jacobus
12. Jacob
13. Antonius
14. Wilhelmus
15. Arie
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Grietje
14. Neeltje
15. Helena
16. Margaretha

• 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 6.3 million citizens.
• February 8 » D. W. Griffith's controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles.
• March 18 » World War I: During the Battle of Gallipoli, three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.
• July 1 » Leutnant Kurt Wintgens of the then-named German Deutsches Heer's Fliegertruppe army air service achieves the first known aerial victory with a synchronized machine-gun armed fighter plane, the Fokker M.5K/MG Eindecker.
• July 25 » RFC Captain Lanoe Hawker becomes the first British pursuit aviator to earn the Victoria Cross.
• August 6 » World War I: Battle of Sari Bair: The Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay.
• August 27 » Attempted assassination of Bishop Patrick Heffron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona by Rev. Louis M. Lesches.

The temperature on October 14, 1915 was between 5.8 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.