Family tree of Spijk and her many ancestors » Pieter Hakker (1915-)

Birthday October 3, 1915

• The temperature on October 3, 1915 was between -0.5 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 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.
  • 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.
  • May 9 » World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
  • June 5 » Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage.
  • June 29 » The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.
  • July 25 » RFC Captain Lanoe Hawker becomes the first British pursuit aviator to earn the Victoria Cross.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Johnny Burke, American songwriter († 1964)
• 1911 » Michael Hordern, English actor († 1995)
• 1915 » Ray Stark, American film producer († 2004)
• 1916 » James Herriot, English veterinarian and author († 1995)
• 1919 » James M. Buchanan, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2013)
• 1921 » Ray Lindwall, Australian cricketer and soldier († 1996)