The temperature on November 3, 1915 was between 3.8 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 24 » World War I: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank.
February 8 » D. W. Griffith's controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles.
May 6 » Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run.
May 7 » World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many former pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire.
July 24 » The passenger ship SSEastland capsizes while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew are killed in the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
September 5 » The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.
Day of marriage October 7, 1950
The temperature on October 7, 1950 was between 11.6 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
January 13 » British submarine HMSTruculent collides with an oil tanker in the Thames Estuary, killing 64 men.
January 21 » American lawyer and government official Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.
May 13 » The first round of the Formula One World Championship is held at Silverstone.
September 4 » Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
October 16 » The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis is published.
December 9 » Cold War: Harry Gold is sentenced to 30 years in jail for helping Klaus Fuchs pass information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union. His testimony is later instrumental in the prosecution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
Day of death November 22, 1978
The temperature on November 22, 1978 was between 11.1 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
January 18 » The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom's government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture.
February 24 » The Yuba County Five disappear in California. Four of their bodies are found four months later.
March 28 » The US Supreme Court hands down 5–3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.
July 10 » ABC World News Tonight premieres on ABC.
September 15 » Muhammad Ali outpointed Leon Spinks in a rematch to become the first boxer to win the world heavyweight title three times at the Superdome in New Orleans.
November 17 » The Star Wars Holiday Special airs on CBS, receiving negative reception from critics, fans, and even Star Wars creator George Lucas.
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