Descendants Lavarne » Hendrika Gesina Koldewee (1915-)

Birthday June 12, 1915

• The temperature on June 12, 1915 was between 9.8 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
• 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.
• In the year 1915: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
  • May 6 » Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run.
  • May 22 » Three trains collide in the Quintinshill rail disaster near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246.
  • July 7 » Colombo Town Guard officer Henry Pedris is executed in British Ceylon for allegedly inciting persecution of Muslims.
  • July 16 » At Treasure Island on the Delaware River in the United States, the First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law.
  • August 4 » World War I: The German 12th Army occupies Warsaw during the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive and the Great Retreat of 1915.
  • September 25 » World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1914 » Go Seigen, Chinese-Japanese Go player († 2014)
• 1914 » William Lundigan, American actor († 1975)
• 1915 » Christopher Mayhew, English soldier and politician († 1997)
• 1915 » David Rockefeller, American banker and businessman († 2017)
• 1915 » Priscilla Lane, American actress († 1995)
• 1916 » Irwin Allen, American director and producer († 1991)