The temperature on May 6, 1915 was between 10.2 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 31 » World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in the Battle of Bolimów against Russia.
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.
June 29 » The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.
July 7 » Colombo Town Guard officer Henry Pedris is executed in British Ceylon for allegedly inciting persecution of Muslims.
November 25 » Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.
Day of death March 6, 1969
The temperature on March 6, 1969 was between -3.8 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (84%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
April 4 » Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
July 3 » Space Race: The biggest explosion in the history of rocketry occurs when the Soviet N-1 rocket explodes and subsequently destroys its launchpad.
July 20 » A cease fire is announced between Honduras and El Salvador, six days after the beginning of the "Football War".
August 17 » Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits the U.S. Gulf Coast, killing 256 and causing $1.42 billion in damage.
October 21 » The 1969 Somali coup d'état establishes a Marxist–Leninist administration.
November 13 » Vietnam War: Anti-war protesters in Washington, D.C. stage a symbolic March Against Death.
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