The temperature on March 2, 1915 was between 0.4 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 4 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 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.
April 5 » Boxing challenger Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
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.
June 5 » Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage.
August 29 » US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.
September 25 » World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.
Day of death August 11, 1983
The temperature on August 11, 1983 was between 12.0 °C and 24.9 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (87%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
April 7 » During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson perform the first Space Shuttle spacewalk.
July 19 » The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published.
September 26 » Australia II wins the America's Cup, ending the New York Yacht Club's 132-year domination of the race.
September 27 » Richard Stallman announces the GNU Project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.
October 9 » South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan survives an assassination attempt in Rangoon, Burma (present-day Yangon, Myanmar), but the blast kills 21 and injures 17 others.
December 17 » Provisional IRA members detonate a car bomb at Harrods Department Store in London. Three police officers and three civilians are killed.
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