Buitekant & Scheffer Family Tree » Daniel W. Oakes (1915-1915)

Birthday March 1, 1915

• The temperature on March 1, 1915 was between 0.3 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 6.3 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 22 » Over 600 people are killed in Guadalajara, Mexico, when a train plunges off the tracks into a deep canyon.
  • January 31 » World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in the Battle of Bolimów against Russia.
  • May 7 » The Republic of China accedes to 13 of the 21 Demands, extending the Empire of Japan's control over Manchuria and the Chinese economy.
  • May 24 » World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the conflict on the side of the Allies.
  • July 24 » The passenger ship SSEastland capsizes while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew are killed in the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
  • September 25 » World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Boris Chertok, Polish-Russian engineer and academic († 2011)
• 1912 » Gerald Emmett Carter, Canadian cardinal († 2003)
• 1914 » Harry Caray, American sportscaster († 1998)
• 1914 » Ralph Ellison, American novelist and literary critic († 1994)
• 1917 » Robert Lowell, American poet († 1977)
• 1918 » João Goulart, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Brazil († 1976)