The temperature on March 5, 1915 was between 6.8 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 31 » World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in the Battle of Bolimów against Russia.
March 27 » Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States is put in quarantine for the second time, where she would remain for the rest of her life.
April 25 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops, begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.
July 7 » The First Battle of the Isonzo comes to an end.
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.
August 4 » World War I: The German 12th Army occupies Warsaw during the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive and the Great Retreat of 1915.
Day of marriage May 20, 1937
The temperature on May 20, 1937 was between 12.8 °C and 23.4 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
March 2 » The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.
May 27 » In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
July 7 » The Peel Commission Report recommends the partition of Palestine, which was the first formal recommendation for partition in the history of Palestine.
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.
July 24 » Alabama drops rape charges against the "Scottsboro Boys".
November 8 » The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("The Eternal Jew") opens in Munich.
Day of death May 5, 2005
The temperature on May 5, 2005 was between 5.0 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (29%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
February 14 » YouTube is launched by a group of college students, eventually becoming the largest video sharing website in the world and a main source for viral videos.
April 27 » Airbus A380 aircraft had its maiden test flight.
July 20 » The Civil Marriage Act legalizes same-sex marriage in Canada.
August 15 » The Helsinki Agreement between the Free Aceh Movement and the Government of Indonesia was signed, ending almost three decades of fighting.
October 30 » The rebuilt Dresden Frauenkirche (destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden during World War II) is reconsecrated after a thirteen-year rebuilding project.
December 17 » Jigme Singye Wangchuck abdicates the throne as King of Bhutan.
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