The temperature on January 5, 1915 was between 1.1 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 18 » Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia.
January 25 » Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.
February 22 » World War I: The Imperial German Navy institutes unrestricted submarine warfare.
March 20 » Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
April 18 » French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.
September 15 » The Empire Picture Theatre (now The New Empire Cinema), the oldest running cinema in mainland Australia, opens in Bowral, New South Wales.
Day of death August 5, 1990
The temperature on August 5, 1990 was between 11.4 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 18.1 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 3 » United States invasion of Panama: Manuel Noriega, former leader of Panama, surrenders to American forces.
March 2 » Nelson Mandela is elected deputy President of the African National Congress.
April 9 » An IRA bombing in County Down, Northern Ireland, kills three members of the UDR.
November 2 » British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television plc merge to form BSkyB as a result of massive losses.
November 14 » After German reunification, the Federal Republic of Germany and Poland sign a treaty confirming the Oder–Neisse line as the border between Germany and Poland.
December 22 » Final independence of Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia after termination of trusteeship.
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