Ancestral Trails 2016 » Stanley Arthur MALES (1915-1984)

Birthday March 31, 1915

• The temperature on March 31, 1915 was between -2.5 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
  • January 19 » Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
  • January 19 » German strategic bombing during World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
  • January 21 » Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit.
  • February 19 » World War I: The first naval attack on the Dardanelles begins when a strong Anglo-French task force bombards Ottoman artillery along the coast of Gallipoli.
  • May 9 » World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
  • September 30 » World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1914 » Dagmar Lange, Swedish author († 1991)
• 1914 » Octavio Paz, Mexican poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate († 1998)
• 1915 » Albert Hourani, English historian and author († 1993)
• 1915 » Shoichi Yokoi, Japanese sergeant († 1997)
• 1916 » Lucille Bliss, American voice actress († 2012)
• 1916 » Tommy Bolt, American golfer († 2008)