The temperature on February 28, 1915 was between 0.6 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 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.
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.
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.
March 20 » Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
June 29 » The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.
September 5 » The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.
Day of death October 29, 1944
The temperature on October 29, 1944 was between 2.7 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 31 » World War II: During the Anzio campaign, the 1st Ranger Battalion (Darby's Rangers) is destroyed behind enemy lines in a heavily outnumbered encounter at Battle of Cisterna, Italy.
March 10 » Greek Civil War: The Political Committee of National Liberation is established in Greece by the National Liberation Front.
June 25 » The final page of the comic Krazy Kat is published, exactly two months after its author George Herriman died.
August 6 » The Warsaw Uprising occurs on August 1. It is brutally suppressed and all able-bodied men in Kraków are detained afterwards to prevent a similar uprising, the Kraków Uprising, that was planned but never carried out.
August 12 » Waffen-SS troops massacre 560 people in Sant'Anna di Stazzema.
November 29 » World War II: Albania is liberated by the Partisans.
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