About the day » Thursday October 14, 1915Calender converter

• Anna Odilia Sentis, Nieuwstadt, Limburg, Nederland († 1966)
• Aart de Gunst, Elburg († 1983)
• Annigje Francina Rietveld, Schoonhoven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1918)
• Alvin Francis Roe, New York, United States († 1967)
• Anton Jan Willem Hofhuis, New York (USA) († 1998)
• Antonius Johannes Swaans, Woensel
• Aleida Maria Visscher, Vroomshoop († 1915)
• Albertus van den Broek, Abcoude, Nederland († 1973)
• Anthonius Franciscus Cornelis Hoosemans, Breda († 1985)
• Adrianus Johannes Stokman, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1930)

• Arie Hopman (72), Wijk aan Zee, Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Glimmerveen (89), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Hopman (72), Wijk aan Zee, Nederland
• Aleida Maria Visscher (0), Vroomshoop
• Adriana Johanna van Katwijk (23), Hof van Delft
• "Adolphe" Joseph François Ernest de Gourcy-Serainchamps (58), Saint-Marc, Namur, Belgique
• Adriana Wilhelmina Van Zundert (0), Terheijden (Nl)
• Andries Hendrik Willem Scheuer (70), Bandung, Indonesië
• ARENTJE MUDDE (53), ROTTERDAM
• Adrianus Josephus Mels (12), Oisterwijk

• 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)

• 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 21 » Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit.
• May 24 » World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the conflict on the side of the Allies.
• August 6 » World War I: Battle of Sari Bair: The Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay.
• September 15 » The Empire Picture Theatre (now The New Empire Cinema), the oldest running cinema in mainland Australia, opens in Bowral, New South Wales.
• October 14 » World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.
• November 25 » Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.

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.