The temperature on December 13, 1915 was between -0.2 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
January 13 » The 6.7 Mw Avezzano earthquake shakes the Province of L'Aquila in Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 29,978–32,610.
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 22 » World War I: The Imperial German Navy institutes unrestricted submarine warfare.
March 26 » The Vancouver Millionaires win the 1915 Stanley Cup Finals, the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association.
July 7 » Colombo Town Guard officer Henry Pedris is executed in British Ceylon for allegedly inciting persecution of Muslims.
August 27 » Attempted assassination of Bishop Patrick Heffron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona by Rev. Louis M. Lesches.
Day of death August 24, 1967
The temperature on August 24, 1967 was between 12.7 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (85%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??. Source: KNMI
January 12 » Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation.
July 1 » Merger Treaty: The European Community is formally created out of a merger with the Common Market, the European Coal and Steel Community, and the European Atomic Energy Commission.
October 2 » Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of the United States Supreme Court.
October 8 » Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia.
November 22 » UN Security Council Resolution 242 is adopted, establishing a set of the principles aimed at guiding negotiations for an Arab–Israeli peace settlement.
December 20 » A Pennsylvania Railroad Budd Metroliner exceeds 155mph on their New York Division, also present day Amtrak's Northeast Corridor.
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