The temperature on December 25, 1914 was between -6.0 °C and 1.0 °C and averaged -2.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
August 12 » World War I: The Battle of Halen a.k.a. Battle of the Silver Helmets a clash between large Belgian and German cavalry formations at Halen, Belgium.
August 15 » World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I.
October 5 » World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire.
November 15 » Harry Turner becomes the first player to die from game-related injuries in the "Ohio League", the direct predecessor to the National Football League.
December 8 » World War I: A squadron of Britain's Royal Navy defeats the Imperial German East Asia Squadron in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
December 24 » World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.
Day of marriage May 19, 1938
The temperature on May 19, 1938 was between 3.9 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 3 » The March of Dimes is established as a foundation to combat infant polio by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
January 28 » The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9mph).
June 7 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. Five hundred to nine hundred thousand civilians are killed.
June 7 » The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
July 3 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
September 12 » Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
Day of death January 25, 1978
The temperature on January 25, 1978 was between 2.9 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
February 19 » Egyptian forces raid Larnaca International Airport in an attempt to intervene in a hijacking, without authorisation from the Republic of Cyprus authorities. The Cypriot National Guard and Police forces kill 15 Egyptian commandos and destroy the Egyptian C-130 transport plane in open combat.
March 28 » The US Supreme Court hands down 5–3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.
July 7 » The Solomon Islands becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
July 25 » Puerto Rican police shoot two nationalists in the Cerro Maravilla murders.
July 30 » The 730: Okinawa Prefecture changes its traffic on the right-hand side of the road to the left-hand side.
December 15 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will recognize the People's Republic of China and sever diplomatic relations with Taiwan.
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