Genealogy Van den Belt - Von der Heide » n.n. Mensink (1915-1915)

Birthday October 10, 1915

• The temperature on October 10, 1915 was between 7.8 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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.
  • 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.
  • April 22 » The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres.
  • June 29 » The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.
  • July 16 » At Treasure Island on the Delaware River in the United States, the First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Ram Vilas Sharma, Indian poet and critic († 2000)
• 1913 » Claude Simon, Malagasy-French novelist and critic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2005)
• 1914 » Ivory Joe Hunter, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1974)
• 1914 » Tommy Fine, American baseball player and businessman († 2005)
• 1915 » Harry Edison, American trumpet player and composer († 1999)
• 1917 » Thelonious Monk, American pianist and composer († 1982)