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Born on Thursday August 15, 1935
Died on Thursday August 15, 1935

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 15, 1935 at Delpher


Born on August 15
  • 1932 » Abby Dalton, American actress
  • 1932 » Robert L. Forward, American physicist and engineer († 2002)
  • 1933 » Bobby Helms, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1997)
  • 1933 » Mike Seeger, American folk musician and folklorist († 2009)
  • 1933 » Stanley Milgram, American social psychologist († 1984)
  • 1934 » Bobby Byrd, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2007)
  • 1934 » Reginald Scarlett, Jamaican cricketer and coach
  • 1935 » Jim Dale, English actor, narrator, singer, director, and composer
  • 1935 » Régine Deforges, French author, playwright, and director († 2014)
  • 1936 » Rita Shane, American soprano and educator († 2014)

Died on August 15

Names that were popular for boys in 1935
  1. Johannes
  2. Jan
  3. Cornelis
  4. Hendrik
  5. Willem
  6. Gerrit
  7. Pieter
  8. Adrianus
  9. Petrus
  10. Jacobus
  11. Wilhelmus
  12. Jacob
  13. Arie
  14. Gerardus
  15. Antonius
  16. Hendrikus
Names that were popular for girls in 1935
  1. Maria
  2. Johanna
  3. Cornelia
  4. Anna
  5. Elisabeth
  6. Wilhelmina
  7. Adriana
  8. Catharina
  9. Hendrika
  10. Petronella
  11. Geertruida
  12. Jacoba
  13. Aaltje
  14. Margaretha
  15. Grietje
  16. Helena

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1935
  • 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • The Netherlands had about 8.4 million citizens.
  • June 10 » Dr. Robert Smith takes his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by him and Bill Wilson.
  • June 25 » Colombia–Soviet Union relations are established.
  • July 28 » First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
  • September 17 » The Niagara Gorge Railroad ceases operations after a rockslide.
  • September 24 » Earl and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights.
  • December 30 » The Italian Air Force bombs a Swedish Red Cross hospital during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.
Weather August 15, 1935

The temperature on August 15, 1935 was between 11.4 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.

Source: KNMI