The temperature on March 12, 1915 was between 3.5 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. 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 26 » The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the U.S. Congress.
February 19 » World War I: The first naval attack on the Dardanelles begins when a strong Anglo-French task force bombards Ottoman artillery along the coast of Gallipoli.
February 22 » World War I: The Imperial German Navy institutes unrestricted submarine warfare.
July 28 » The United States begins a 19-year occupation of Haiti.
September 12 » French soldiers rescue over 4,000 Armenian Genocide survivors stranded on Musa Dagh.
Day of marriage March 27, 1937
The temperature on March 27, 1937 was between -1.9 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 19 » Yekatit 12: During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, two Ethiopian nationalists of Eritrean origin attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo Graziani with a number of grenades.
March 18 » Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara.
May 30 » Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators.
July 22 » New Deal: The United States Senate votes down President Franklin D. Roosevelt's proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court of the United States.
August 28 » Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
December 11 » Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.
Day of death May 5, 2009
The temperature on May 5, 2009 was between 9.0 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 8.1 mm of rain during 11.2 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 29 » The Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt rules that people who do not adhere to one of the three government-recognised religions, while not allowed to list any belief outside of those three, are still eligible to receive government identity documents.
February 1 » The first cabinet of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir was formed in Iceland, making her the country's first female prime minister and the world's first openly gay head of government.
March 23 » FedEx Express Flight 80: A McDonnell Douglas MD-11 flying from Guangzhou, China crashes at Tokyo's Narita International Airport, killing both the captain and the co-pilot.
June 1 » General Motors files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth largest United States bankruptcy in history.
September 29 » The 8.1 Mw Samoa earthquake results in a tsunami that kills 189 and injures hundreds.
September 30 » The 7.6 Mw Sumatra earthquake leaves 1,115 people dead.
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