The temperature on July 7, 1915 was between 15.4 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 19 » German strategic bombing during World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
March 20 » Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
March 27 » Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States is put in quarantine for the second time, where she would remain for the rest of her life.
May 1 » The RMSLusitania departs from New York City on her 202nd, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives.
July 28 » The United States begins a 19-year occupation of Haiti.
October 14 » World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.
Day of death February 27, 1942
The temperature on February 27, 1942 was between -8.9 °C and 1.8 °C and averaged -3.3 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
January 2 » The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) obtains the conviction of 33 members of a German spy ring headed by Fritz Joubert Duquesne in the largest espionage case in United States history—the Duquesne Spy Ring.
January 31 » World War II: Allied forces are defeated by the Japanese at the Battle of Malaya and retreat to Singapore.
April 17 » French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Königstein Fortress.
May 10 » World War II: The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign.
June 7 » World War II: The Battle of Midway ends in American victory.
November 28 » In Boston, Massachusetts, a fire in the Cocoanut Grove nightclub kills 492 people.
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