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Born on Saturday August 28, 1915
Died on Saturday August 28, 1915

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 28, 1915 at Delpher


Born on August 28

Died on August 28

Names that were popular for boys in 1915
  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
Names that were popular for girls in 1915
  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

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1915
  • 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.
  • January 21 » Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit.
  • May 6 » Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run.
  • May 7 » World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many former pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire.
  • August 27 » Attempted assassination of Bishop Patrick Heffron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona by Rev. Louis M. Lesches.
  • August 29 » US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.
  • September 15 » The Empire Picture Theatre (now The New Empire Cinema), the oldest running cinema in mainland Australia, opens in Bowral, New South Wales.
Weather August 28, 1915

The temperature on August 28, 1915 was between 8.1 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.

Source: KNMI