The temperature on December 25, 1915 was between 5.8 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-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.
March 18 » World War I: During the Battle of Gallipoli, three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.
May 27 » HMS Princess Irene exploded and sank off Sheerness, Kent with the loss of 352 lives.
July 5 » The Liberty Bell leaves Philadelphia by special train on its way to the Panama–Pacific International Exposition. This is the last trip outside Philadelphia that the custodians of the bell intend to permit.
July 16 » At Treasure Island on the Delaware River in the United States, the First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law.
July 28 » The United States begins a 19-year occupation of Haiti.
September 30 » World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.
Day of marriage November 19, 1937
The temperature on November 19, 1937 was between 0.9 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
February 16 » Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
May 21 » A Soviet station, North Pole-1, becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean.
July 8 » Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad.
September 22 » Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken, ending the Battle of El Mazuco.
December 11 » Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.
December 29 » The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.
Day of death July 28, 1976
The temperature on July 28, 1976 was between 10.4 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 1 » A bomb explodes on board Middle East Airlines Flight 438 over Qaisumah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 81 people on board.
July 4 » Israeli commandos raid Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing all but four of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by Palestinian terrorists.
July 4 » The U.S. celebrates its Bicentennial.
July 10 » Four mercenaries (one American and three British) are executed in Angola following the Luanda Trial.
July 17 » The opening of the Summer Olympics in Montreal is marred by 25 African teams boycotting the games because of New Zealand's participation. Contrary to rulings by other international sports organizations, the IOC had declined to exclude New Zealand because of their participation in South African sporting events during apartheid.
September 21 » Seychelles joins the United Nations.
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