Eijsermans family tree » Joanna Maria Hendrika van Dooren (1915-)

Birthday June 14, 1915

• The temperature on June 14, 1915 was between 8.8 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (35%). 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.
  • January 19 » German strategic bombing during World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
  • January 31 » World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in the Battle of Bolimów against Russia.
  • March 18 » World War I: During the Battle of Gallipoli, three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.
  • April 24 » The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian Genocide.
  • April 25 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops, begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.
  • May 7 » The Republic of China accedes to 13 of the 21 Demands, extending the Empire of Japan's control over Manchuria and the Chinese economy.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Joe Morris, English-Canadian lieutenant and trade union leader († 1996)
• 1916 » Dorothy McGuire, American actress († 2001)
• 1917 » Atle Selberg, Norwegian-American mathematician and academic († 2007)
• 1917 » Gilbert Prouteau, French poet and director († 2012)
• 1917 » Lise Nørgaard, Danish journalist, author, and screenwriter
• 1918 » Fred Baur, American chemist and founder of Pringles († 2008)