Eijsermans family tree » Josephus Poppelaars (1915-)

Birthday January 25, 1915

• The temperature on January 25, 1915 was between -1.2 °C and 1.9 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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.
  • April 18 » French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.
  • May 22 » Three trains collide in the Quintinshill rail disaster near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246.
  • July 7 » The First Battle of the Isonzo comes to an end.
  • 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.
  • July 24 » The passenger ship SSEastland capsizes while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew are killed in the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
  • September 25 » World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Huang Hua, Chinese translator and politician, 5th Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China († 2010)
• 1913 » Luis Marden, American photographer and journalist († 2003)
• 1913 » Witold Lutosławski, Polish composer and conductor († 1994)
• 1914 » William Strickland, American conductor and organist († 1991)
• 1915 » Ewan MacColl, English singer-songwriter, actor and producer († 1989)
• 1916 » Pop Ivy, American football player and coach († 2003)