The temperature on December 22, 1915 was between -3.5 °C and 1.9 °C and averaged -0.9 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
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.
January 17 » Russia defeats Ottoman Turkey in the Battle of Sarikamish during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I.
January 28 » An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
May 6 » Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run.
June 5 » Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage.
July 7 » Colombo Town Guard officer Henry Pedris is executed in British Ceylon for allegedly inciting persecution of Muslims.
September 5 » The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.
Day of marriage March 20, 1947
The temperature on March 20, 1947 was between 3.0 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 4.7 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 3 » Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
April 1 » The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.
April 6 » The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
April 9 » The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel.
May 31 » Ferenc Nagy, the democratically elected Prime Minister of Hungary, resigns from office after blackmail from the Hungarian Communist Party accusing him of being part of a plot against the state. This grants the Communists effective control of the Hungarian government.
October 26 » Kashmir conflict: The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu signs the Instrument of Accession with India.
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