Family tree Oving » Petrus Philippus van ZUIJLEN (1915-)

Birthday April 19, 1915

• The temperature on April 19, 1915 was between -0.6 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 25 » Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.
  • January 28 » An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
  • 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 5 » Boxing challenger Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
  • June 5 » Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage.
  • July 5 » The Liberty Bell leaves Philadelphia by special train on its way to the Panama–Pacific International Exposition. This is the last trip outside Philadelphia that the custodians of the bell intend to permit.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1999)
• 1913 » Ken Carpenter, American discus thrower and coach († 1984)
• 1917 » Sven Hassel, Danish-German soldier and author († 2012)
• 1919 » Sol Kaplan, American pianist and composer († 1990)
• 1920 » Gene Leis, American guitarist, composer, and producer († 1993)
• 1920 » Marvin Mandel, American lawyer and politician, 56th Governor of Maryland († 2015)