About the day » Monday December 20, 1915Calender converter

• Allert Salomons, 's-Gravenhage
• Antje (Anna) Schiphof, Berlikum († 1978)
• Aletta Spelt († 2004)
• Albertus van Mourik, Renswoude († 1984)
• Anna Remijsen, Alphen en Riel († 1916)
• Scholma, Groningen, Nederland († 1931)
• Anna Maria Johanna Lubberman, Ambt Hardenberg († 2004)
• Alida Mathilda Arnold, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Theodora Kwant († 1975)
• Albertus van Mourik, Renswoude, Utrecht, Nederland († 1984)

• Arie de Man (83), Strijen, Hoeksche Waard, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Antoine Calès (66), Allas-les-Mines,24220,Dordogne,Nouvelle-Aquitaine,FRANCE
• Arie Verdoorn de Man (84), Strijen, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Albert Fik (82), Vriezenveen, Twenterand, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Anna de Vries (53), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria Verkennis (73), Leveroy, Li.NL
• Aagje Kattestaart (72), middelharnis (goeree overflakkee)
• Aaltje Klases Wedzinga (77), Veenwouden
• Berdina Maria Werre (3), Rotterdam
• Antje Tromp (81), Alkmaar

• 1908 » Dennis Morgan, American actor and singer († 1994)
• 1909 » Vakkom Majeed, Indian journalist and politician († 2000)
• 1911 » Hortense Calisher, American author († 2009)
• 1914 » Harry F. Byrd Jr., American lieutenant, publisher, and politician († 2013)
• 1915 » Aziz Nesin, Turkish author and poet († 1995)
• 1916 » Michel Chartrand, Canadian trade union leader and activist († 2010)
• 1917 » Audrey Totter, American actress († 2013)
• 1917 » Cahit Külebi, Turkish poet and author († 1997)
• 1917 » David Bohm, American-English physicist, neuropsychologist, and philosopher († 1992)
• 1918 » Jean Marchand, Canadian trade union leader and politician, 43rd Secretary of State for Canada († 1988)

• 1893 » George C. Magoun, American businessman (b. 1840)
• 1915 » Upendrakishore Ray, Indian painter and composer (b. 1863)
• 1916 » Arthur Morgan, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Queensland (b. 1856)
• 1917 » Lucien Petit-Breton, French-Argentinian cyclist (b. 1882)
• 1919 » Philip Fysh, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1835)
• 1920 » Linton Hope, English sailor and architect (b. 1863)
• 1921 » Julius Richard Petri, German microbiologist (b. 1852)
• 1927 » Frederick Semple, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1872)
• 1929 » Émile Loubet, French lawyer and politician, 8th President of France (b. 1838)
• 1935 » Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (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.
• February 22 » World War I: The Imperial German Navy institutes unrestricted submarine warfare.
• May 24 » World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the conflict on the side of the Allies.
• June 21 » The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down Oklahoma grandfather clause legislation which had the effect of denying the right to vote to blacks.
• June 29 » The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.
• July 7 » Colombo Town Guard officer Henry Pedris is executed in British Ceylon for allegedly inciting persecution of Muslims.
• August 17 » A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 miles per hour (217km/h).

The temperature on December 20, 1915 was between -1.4 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.