About the day » Thursday October 14, 1915Calender converter

• Anna Verboon, Hilversum († 2006)
• Arnoldus van Rijswijk, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1988)
• Alfons Odebrecht, Apiúna, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1994)
• Albert Gray, Smith Creek, Kempsey, Kempsey Shire Council, New South Wales, Australia († 1996)
• Aleida Maria Visscher, Vroomshoop († 1915)
• Anna Odilia Sentis, Nieuwstadt, Limburg, Nederland († 1966)
• Adrianus Johannis Boele († 2002)
• Aaltje Rijkeboer, Meppel, Nederland († 1940)
• Albertus van den Broek, Abcoude, Nederland († 1973)
• Anton Jan Willem Hofhuis, New York (USA) († 1998)

• Albert Kok (66), Ilpendam
• "Adolphe" Joseph François Ernest de Gourcy-Serainchamps (58), Saint-Marc, Namur, Belgique
• Aafke Holwerda (75), Oosternijkerk, Friesland, Netherlands
• Christianus Franciscus Zwartjes (57), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Elisabeth van Beek (3), Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonie van den BRAND (65), Schijndel, 4178, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Hubertus Houben (21), Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna van Katwijk (23), Hof van Delft
• Aaltje van Egmond (68), Alphen aan den Rijn
• Charles Alexander McArthur (78), Isabella, Isabella, Michigan, United States

• 1910 » John Wooden, American basketball player and coach († 2010)
• 1911 » Lê Đức Thọ, Vietnamese general and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1990)
• 1914 » Alexis Rannit, Estonian poet and critic († 1985)
• 1914 » Harry Brecheen, American baseball player and coach († 2004)
• 1914 » Raymond Davis Jr., American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2006)
• 1915 » Loris Francesco Capovilla, Italian cardinal († 2016)
• 1916 » C. Everett Koop, American admiral and surgeon, 13th United States Surgeon General († 2013)
• 1918 » Doug Ring, Australian cricketer and sportscaster († 2003)
• 1918 » Marcel Chaput, Canadian biochemist, journalist, and politician († 1991)
• 1918 » Thelma Coyne Long, Australian tennis player and captain († 2015)

• 1911 » John Marshall Harlan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1833)
• 1923 » Marcellus Emants, Dutch-Swiss author, poet, and playwright (b. 1848)
• 1929 » Henri Berger, German composer and bandleader (b. 1844)
• 1930 » Samuel van Houten, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior (b. 1837)
• 1942 » Noboru Yamaguchi, Japanese mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1943 » Sobibór uprising:
• 1944 » Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (b. 1891)
• 1953 » Émile Sarrade, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1877)
• 1953 » Kyuichi Tokuda, Japanese lawyer and politician (b. 1894)
• 1958 » Douglas Mawson, Australian geologist, academic, and explorer (b. 1882)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Albert
10. Adrianus
11. Jacobus
12. Jacob
13. Antonius
14. Wilhelmus
15. Arie
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Grietje
14. Neeltje
15. Helena
16. Margaretha

• 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.
• The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
• January 12 » The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to require states to give women the right to vote.
• February 22 » World War I: The Imperial German Navy institutes unrestricted submarine warfare.
• May 6 » Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run.
• 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.
• September 5 » The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.
• December 20 » World War I: The last Australian troops are evacuated from Gallipoli.

The temperature on October 14, 1915 was between 5.8 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.