The temperature on December 29, 1915 was between 2.4 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 18 » Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia.
January 25 » Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.
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.
May 17 » The last British Liberal Party government (led by H. H. Asquith) falls.
August 29 » US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.
October 14 » World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.
Day of marriage April 3, 1934
The temperature on April 3, 1934 was between 2.7 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
March 24 » United States Congress passes the Tydings-McDuffie Act, allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth.
June 19 » The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
July 5 » "Bloody Thursday": Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco.
July 20 » Labor unrest in the U.S.: Police in Minneapolis fire upon striking truck drivers, during the Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934, killing two and wounding sixty-seven.
September 18 » The Soviet Union is admitted to the League of Nations.
December 29 » Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.
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