The temperature on May 17, 1915 was between 5.0 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
April 18 » French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.
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 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.
June 5 » Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage.
July 25 » RFC Captain Lanoe Hawker becomes the first British pursuit aviator to earn the Victoria Cross.
October 14 » World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.
Day of death July 1, 2000
The temperature on July 1, 2000 was between 8.5 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
October 5 » Mass demonstrations in Serbia force the resignation of Slobodan Milošević.
October 26 » The Sony PlayStation 2 is launched in North American markets with 27 launch titles.
November 1 » Chhattisgarh officially becomes the 26th state of India, formed from sixteen districts of eastern Madhya Pradesh.
November 7 » The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration discovers one of the country's largest LSD labs inside a converted military missile silo in Wamego, Kansas.
November 11 » Kaprun disaster: One hundred fifty-five skiers and snowboarders die when a cable car catches fire in an alpine tunnel in Kaprun, Austria.
Day of burial July 5, 2000
The temperature on July 5, 2000 was between 14.3 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 7.5 mm of rain during 7.6 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 3 » Final daily edition of the Peanuts comic strip.
February 29 » Second Chechen War: Eighty-four Russian paratroopers are killed in a rebel attack on a guard post near Ulus Kert.
April 3 » United States v. Microsoft Corp.: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust law by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors.
October 31 » Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes on takeoff from Taipei, killing 83.
November 15 » A chartered Antonov An-24 crashes after takeoff from Luanda, Angola, killing more than 40 people.
November 25 » The 2000 Baku earthquake, with a Richter magnitude of 7.0, leaves 26 people dead in Baku, Azerbaijan, and becomes the strongest earthquake in the region in 158 years.
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