Kennedy Family Tree » James Frankum (1915-2008)

Birthday February 15, 1915

• The temperature on February 15, 1915 was between 2.3 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 12.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 22 » World War I: The Imperial German Navy institutes unrestricted submarine warfare.
  • April 5 » Boxing challenger Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
  • 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.
  • July 28 » The United States begins a 19-year occupation of Haiti.
  • August 17 » A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 miles per hour (217km/h).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » George Mikes, Jewish Hungarian-English journalist and author († 1987)
• 1913 » Erich Eliskases, Austrian chess player († 1997)
• 1914 » Hale Boggs, American lawyer and politician († 1972)
• 1914 » Kevin McCarthy, Jewish-Irish American actor († 2010)
• 1916 » Mary Jane Croft, American actress († 1999)
• 1918 » Allan Arbus, Jewish-American actor and photographer († 2013)