About the day » Thursday December 15, 1921Calender converter

• Afra Groen, Grootebroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• A. Van der Werf, Sneek († 2014)
• Van Assche, Bornem († 1921)
• * Leendert Verwolf, Ameide († 1990)
• Agnes Pamela Levy († 1984)
• * Teunis Oskam, Oudewater († 2002)
• "Nicole" Véra Claire Hélène Maurice Pastré, Paris († 1982)
• Albertina Bellens, Olen, Antwerpen, BelgiÁe († 1980)
• Aaltje Aleida Bakker, Raalte, Overijssel, Nederland († 1921)
• Amalie Isabella Marie Gisela Margarete van BEIEREN, München, Bayern, D († 1985)

• Adrianus Marie van der Wees (34), Delft, ZH, Nederland
• Nn Wachtmeester (0), Hoogeveen
• Anna Johanna Suijkerbuijk (3), Bergen op Zoom
• Abraham Arie Marcus (58), Auschwitz
• Adrianus Marie Abrahamsz. van der Wees (34), Delft
• Akke Hendriks de Groot (85), Opsterland
• André van Hoving (0), Groningen
• Adriaantje Houten van den (60), Rotterdam
• Adriana Van De GRAAF (41), Dordrecht
• Alida van Schaik (45), Apeldoorn, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1918 » Chihiro Iwasaki, Japanese painter and illustrator († 1974)
• 1918 » Jeff Chandler, American actor († 1961)
• 1919 » Max Yasgur, American dairy farmer and host of the Woodstock Music & Art Fair († 1973)
• 1920 » Gamal al-Banna, Egyptian author and scholar († 2013)
• 1920 » Kurt Schaffenberger, German-American sergeant and illustrator († 2002)
• 1921 » Alan Freed, American radio host († 1965)
• 1923 » Freeman Dyson, English-American physicist and mathematician († 2020)
• 1923 » Pierre Cossette, American producer and manager († 2009)
• 1923 » Uziel Gal, German-Israeli engineer, designed the Uzi gun († 2002)
• 1923 » Valentin Varennikov, Russian general and politician († 2009)

• 1878 » Alfred Bird, English chemist and businessman, invented baking powder (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa Lakota tribal chief (b. 1831)
• 1943 » Fats Waller, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1904)
• 1944 » Glenn Miller, American bandleader and composer (b. 1904)
• 1947 » Arthur Machen, Welsh journalist and author (b. 1863)
• 1947 » Crawford Vaughan, Australian politician, 27th Premier of South Australia (b. 1874)
• 1950 » Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India (b. 1875)
• 1958 » Wolfgang Pauli, Austrian-Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
• 1962 » Charles Laughton, English-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1899)
• 1965 » M. Balasundaram, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1903)

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

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

• 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
• February 21 » Constituent Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Georgia adopts the country's first constitution.
• May 31 » The Tulsa race massacre kills at least 39, but other estimates of black fatalities vary from 55 to about 300.
• September 7 » In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
• October 8 » KDKA in Pittsburgh's Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game.
• October 19 » The Portuguese Prime Minister and several officials are murdered in the Bloody Night coup.
• October 29 » The Harvard University football team loses to Centre College, ending a 25-game winning streak. This is considered one of the biggest upsets in college football.

The temperature on December 15, 1921 was between 0.1 °C and 3.2 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.