The temperature on February 9, 1915 was between 3.6 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong 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.
April 18 » French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.
April 25 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops, begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.
June 5 » Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage.
July 24 » The passenger ship SSEastland capsizes while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew are killed in the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
September 12 » French soldiers rescue over 4,000 Armenian Genocide survivors stranded on Musa Dagh.
December 20 » World War I: The last Australian troops are evacuated from Gallipoli.
Day of death November 8, 1944
The temperature on November 8, 1944 was between 2.9 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
August 5 » World War II: At least 1,104 Japanese POWs in Australia attempt to escape from a camp at Cowra, New South Wales; 545 temporarily succeed but are later either killed, commit suicide, or are recaptured.
August 13 » World War II: German troops begin the pillage and razing of Anogeia in Crete that would continue until September 5.
August 21 » Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations, begins.
August 24 » World War II: Allied troops begin the attack on Paris.
October 19 » A coup is launched against Juan Federico Ponce Vaides, beginning the ten-year Guatemalan Revolution.
December 3 » Greek Civil War: Fighting breaks out in Athens between the ELAS and government forces supported by the British Army.
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