Parentele of Geurt Jacobs » Levenloos Wolbersen (1915-)

Birthday January 1, 1915

• The temperature on January 1, 1915 was between 3.1 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
  • 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.
  • April 5 » Boxing challenger Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
  • May 9 » World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
  • July 16 » Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
  • 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 » Boris Vladimirovich Gnedenko, Russian mathematician and historian († 1995)
• 1912 » Kim Philby, British spy († 1988)
• 1912 » Nikiforos Vrettakos, Greek poet and academic († 1991)
• 1914 » Noor Inayat Khan, British SOE agent († 1944)
• 1917 » Shannon Bolin, American actress and singer († 2016)
• 1918 » Patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish colonel, Victoria Cross recipient († 2000)