The temperature on January 6, 1915 was between 3.6 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 17 » Russia defeats Ottoman Turkey in the Battle of Sarikamish during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I.
January 19 » Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
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.
April 5 » Boxing challenger Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
May 6 » Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run.
Day of marriage December 1, 1938
The temperature on December 1, 1938 was between 4.4 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 28 » The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9mph).
May 26 » In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
July 28 » Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service.
September 23 » The Czechoslovak army is mobilized in response to the Munich Agreement.
September 30 » The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
November 9 » The Nazi German diplomat Ernst vom Rath dies from gunshot wounds by Herschel Grynszpan, an act which the Nazis used as an excuse to instigate the 1938 national pogrom, also known as Kristallnacht.
Day of death August 24, 1952
The temperature on August 24, 1952 was between 10.3 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (33%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 6 » Elizabeth II becomes Queen of the United Kingdom and her other Realms and Territories and Head of the Commonwealth upon the death of her father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a tree house at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya.
February 21 » The British government, under Winston Churchill, abolishes identity cards in the UK to "set the people free".
July 7 » The ocean liner SSUnited States passes Bishop Rock on her maiden voyage, breaking the transatlantic speed record to become the fastest passenger ship in the world.
July 19 » Opening of the Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
September 12 » Strange occurrences, including a monster sighting, take place in Flatwoods, West Virginia.
November 1 » Nuclear weapons testing: The United States successfully detonates Ivy Mike, the first thermonuclear device, at the Eniwetok atoll. The explosion had a yield of ten megatons TNT equivalent.
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