The average temperature on February 10, 1915 was 3.1 °C. There was 7.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 28 » An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
February 12 » In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
April 22 » The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres.
May 6 » Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run.
May 24 » World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the conflict on the side of the Allies.
August 17 » A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 miles per hour (217km/h).
Day of marriage July 29, 1937
The temperature on July 29, 1937 was between 6.3 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
February 19 » Yekatit 12: During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, two Ethiopian nationalists of Eritrean origin attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo Graziani with a number of grenades.
April 26 » Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain, is bombed by German Luftwaffe.
June 11 » Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
September 22 » Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken, ending the Battle of El Mazuco.
November 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Army withdraws from the Battle of Shanghai.
December 21 » Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the world's first full-length animated feature, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre.
Day of death August 16, 1996
The temperature on August 16, 1996 was between 10.5 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (8%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
March 13 » The Dunblane massacre leads to the death of sixteen primary school children and one teacher in Dunblane, Scotland.
April 18 » In Lebanon, at least 106 civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces shell the United Nations compound at Qana where more than 800 civilians had taken refuge.
May 11 » After the aircraft's departure from Miami, a fire started by improperly handled chemical oxygen generators in the cargo hold of Atlanta-bound ValuJet Flight 592 causes the Douglas DC-9 to crash in the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 on board.
July 15 » A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport.
July 27 » In Atlanta, United States, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics.
September 5 » Hurricane Fran makes landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina as a Category 3 storm with 115mph sustained winds. Fran caused over $3 billion in damage and killed 27 people.
Day of cremation August 20, 1996
The temperature on August 20, 1996 was between 16.2 °C and 29.8 °C and averaged 22.8 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (76%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
February 9 » The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares the end to its 18-month ceasefire and explodes a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf, killing two people.
February 29 » Faucett Flight 251 crashes in the Andes; all 123 passengers and crew die.
April 3 » Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is captured at his Montana cabin in the United States.
July 15 » A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport.
December 9 » Gwen Jacob is acquitted of committing an indecent act, giving women the right to be topfree in Ontario, Canada.
December 27 » Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram Airfield which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul, Afghanistan.
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