Dijkman family tree » Jacoba Oostdijck (1915-)

Birthday July 20, 1915

• The temperature on July 20, 1915 was between 12.4 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 26 » The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the U.S. Congress.
  • February 12 » In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
  • February 22 » World War I: The Imperial German Navy institutes unrestricted submarine warfare.
  • July 5 » The Liberty Bell leaves Philadelphia by special train on its way to the Panama–Pacific International Exposition. This is the last trip outside Philadelphia that the custodians of the bell intend to permit.
  • August 27 » Attempted assassination of Bishop Patrick Heffron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona by Rev. Louis M. Lesches.
  • October 12 » World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium

Source: Wikipedia

• 1911 » Baqa Jilani, Indian cricketer († 1941)
• 1912 » George Johnston, Australian journalist and author († 1970)
• 1914 » Charilaos Florakis, Greek politician († 2005)
• 1914 » Dobri Dobrev, Bulgarian philanthropist († 2018)
• 1914 » Ersilio Tonini, Italian cardinal († 2013)
• 1918 » Cindy Walker, American singer-songwriter and dancer († 2006)