The temperature on August 2, 1915 was between 13.9 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 22 » Over 600 people are killed in Guadalajara, Mexico, when a train plunges off the tracks into a deep canyon.
March 20 » Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
April 24 » The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian Genocide.
May 22 » Lassen Peak erupts with a powerful force, the only volcano besides Mount St. Helens to erupt in the contiguous U.S. during the 20th century.
July 16 » Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
October 12 » World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium
Day of death August 21, 1915
The temperature on August 21, 1915 was between 9.9 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 9.7 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
February 12 » In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
February 22 » World War I: The Imperial German Navy institutes unrestricted submarine warfare.
March 18 » World War I: During the Battle of Gallipoli, three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.
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.
September 5 » The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.
September 30 » World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.
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