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Born on Saturday October 2, 1915
- A.W.Hutteman († 1999)
- Agatha Vonk, Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1965)
- Adriana Wilhelmina de Groot, barendrecht
- Alexander Johan Marie Joseph Boost, Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands († 1992)
- Adriana Bax, Assendelft, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
- Aaltje Woudenberg († 1950)
- Aäron Bakker, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Angel Jaramillo, San Carlos, Coahuila, México
- Abraham de Joode, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1976)
- Aloysius Albertus Joos, Gent,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
Died on Saturday October 2, 1915
- Albert Jager (40), Kiel gem. Hoogezand
- Antonia Elisabeth Maria van Oerle (70), Oss (Oss) (Noord Brabant)
- Cathrina van Trigt (80), Helmond
- AAGJE VAN SPRONSEN (82), MONSTER
- Aaltje Dressou (92), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Adam Uhl (68), Langwaden, Bergstrasse, Hesse, Germany
- "Alfred" Charles Joseph de Spoelberch (80), Deurle, Belgique
- Augustinus van de Walle (73), Hulst, Zeeland, Netherlands
- Adriana Ruiter de (72), Cromvoirt
- Bert Owen Walker (36)
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 2, 1915 at Delpher
- De Sumatra post
- Nieuwsblad van het Noorden
- Amigoe di Curacao : weekblad voor de Curacaosche eilanden
- Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië
- Het Centrum
- Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant
- Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant
- Het volk : dagblad voor de arbeiderspartij
- Nieuwe Tilburgsche Courant
- Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad
Born on October 2
- 1909 » Alex Raymond, American cartoonist, creator of Flash Gordon († 1956)
- 1911 » Jack Finney, American author and playwright († 1995)
- 1912 » Frank Malina, American engineer and painter († 1981)
- 1914 » Bernarr Rainbow, English organist, conductor, and historian († 1998)
- 1914 » Jack Parsons, American chemist, occultist, and engineer († 1952)
- 1915 » Chuck Williams, American author and businessman, founded Williams Sonoma († 2015)
- 1917 » Charles Drake, American actor († 1994)
- 1917 » Christian de Duve, English-Belgian cytologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2013)
- 1919 » Jan Flinterman, Dutch race car driver and pilot († 1992)
- 1919 » John W. Duarte, English guitarist and composer († 2004)
Died on October 2
- 1920 » Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (b. 1838)
- 1927 » Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
- 1938 » Alexandru Averescu, Romanian field marshal and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1859)
- 1938 » André Lagache, French race car driver and engineer (b. 1885)
- 1943 » John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1855)
- 1947 » P. D. Ouspensky, Russian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
- 1953 » John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
- 1955 » Humphrey Barclay, English priest (b. 1882)
- 1955 » William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1881)
- 1962 » Boris Yakovlevich Bukreev, Russian mathematician and author (b. 1859)
Names that were popular for boys in 1915
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Jacobus
- Petrus
- Albert
- Antonius
- Pieter
- Adrianus
- Wilhelmus
- Gerrit
- Jacob
- Hendrikus
- Gerardus
Names that were popular for girls in 1915
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Catharina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Petronella
- Jacoba
- Helena
- Geertruida
- Antonia
- Margaretha
- Marie
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1915
- 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 22 » Over 600 people are killed in Guadalajara, Mexico, when a train plunges off the tracks into a deep canyon.
- January 28 » An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
- July 7 » Colombo Town Guard officer Henry Pedris is executed in British Ceylon for allegedly inciting persecution of Muslims.
- July 7 » The First Battle of the Isonzo comes to an end.
- July 25 » RFC Captain Lanoe Hawker becomes the first British pursuit aviator to earn the Victoria Cross.
- September 30 » World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.
The weather on Saturday October 2, 1915
The temperature on October 2, 1915 was between 2.2 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI