Dreyer Tree » Johanna Cecelia Helena Dreyer (1915-)

Birthday October 15, 1915

• The temperature on October 15, 1915 was between 3.4 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 » 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 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.
  • March 27 » Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States is put in quarantine for the second time, where she would remain for the rest of her life.
  • May 9 » World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
  • May 17 » The last British Liberal Party government (led by H. H. Asquith) falls.
  • May 23 » World War I: Italy joins the Allies, fulfilling its part of the Treaty of London.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Wolfgang Lüth, German commander († 1945)
• 1914 » Mohammed Zahir Shah, Afghan king († 2007)
• 1916 » Al Killian, American trumpet player and bandleader († 2007)
• 1916 » George Turner, Australian author and critic († 1997)
• 1917 » Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., American historian and critic († 2007)
• 1917 » Jan Miner, American actress († 2004)