April 15 » Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
May 27 » The F4-strength St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing over $10-million in damage.
June 28 » An explosion in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that kills 58 miners.
August 16 » Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
September 22 » Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
Day of marriage January 15, 1940
The temperature on January 15, 1940 was between 0.2 °C and 2.4 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
May 15 » World War II: After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped Dutch troops surrender to Germany, marking the beginning of five years of occupation.
June 14 » World War II: The German occupation of Paris begins.
October 31 » World War II: The Battle of Britain ends: The United Kingdom prevents a possible German invasion.
November 11 » World War II: The German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis captures top secret British mail from the Automedon, and sends it to Japan.
November 14 » World War II: In England, Coventry is heavily bombed by German Luftwaffe bombers. Coventry Cathedral is almost completely destroyed.
November 18 » World War II: German leader Adolf Hitler and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano meet to discuss Benito Mussolini's disastrous Italian invasion of Greece.
Day of death September 17, 1953
The temperature on September 17, 1953 was between 11.7 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (74%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
February 11 » The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel.
May 4 » Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.
June 17 » Cold War: East Germany Workers Uprising: In East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion.
September 12 » U.S. Senator and future President John Fitzgerald Kennedy marries Jacqueline Lee Bouvier at St. Mary's Church in Newport, Rhode Island.
September 26 » Rationing of sugar in the United Kingdom ends
December 8 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his "Atoms for Peace" speech, which leads to an American program to supply equipment and information on nuclear power to schools, hospitals, and research institutions around the world.
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