Olson's Tree » Joseph Patrick /Kennedy Jr. (Lt./pilot) (DESC Eliz Partridge-James Allen, Sr.-8th-Duncan Campbell, I - 16th) Jr Sr (1915-1944)

Birthday July 25, 1915

• The temperature on July 25, 1915 was between 9.8 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 21 » Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit.
  • February 12 » In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
  • May 22 » Lassen Peak erupts with a powerful force, the only volcano besides Mount St. Helens to erupt in the contiguous U.S. during the 20th century.
  • May 27 » HMS Princess Irene exploded and sank off Sheerness, Kent with the loss of 352 lives.
  • July 16 » Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1914 » Woody Strode, American football player and actor († 1994)
• 1915 » Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., American lieutenant and pilot († 1944)
• 1915 » S. U. Ethirmanasingham, Sri Lankan businessman and politician
• 1916 » Lucien Saulnier, Canadian lawyer and politician († 1989)
• 1917 » Fritz Honegger, Swiss lawyer and politician († 1999)
• 1918 » Jane Frank, American painter and sculptor († 1986)