Washington, Births, 1883-1935, Ancestry.com, Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Washington Births, 1891-1919; Film Info: Various county birth registers. Microfilm / Ancestry.com
Social Security Death Index, Number: 538-16-3016; Issue State: Washington; Issue Date: Before 1951 / Ancestry.com
The temperature on May 2, 1915 was between 2.2 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 24 » World War I: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank.
April 22 » The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres.
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 7 » Colombo Town Guard officer Henry Pedris is executed in British Ceylon for allegedly inciting persecution of Muslims.
July 25 » RFC Captain Lanoe Hawker becomes the first British pursuit aviator to earn the Victoria Cross.
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 May 2, 1935
The temperature on May 2, 1935 was between -1.7 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 13.2 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
February 26 » Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of radar in the United Kingdom.
April 14 » The Black Sunday dust storm, considered one of the worst storms of the Dust Bowl, swept across the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles and neighboring areas.
May 29 » First flight of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aeroplane.
June 10 » Chaco War ends: A truce is called between Bolivia and Paraguay who had been fighting since 1932.
September 15 » Nazi Germany adopts a new national flag bearing the swastika.
December 9 » The Downtown Athletic Club Trophy, later renamed the Heisman Trophy, is awarded for the first time. The winner is halfback Jay Berwanger of the University of Chicago.
Day of death January 27, 1976
The temperature on January 27, 1976 was between -6.7 °C and 1.4 °C and averaged -1.5 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 5 » The Khmer Rouge proclaim the Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea.
January 18 » Lebanese Christian militias kill at least 1,000 in Karantina, Beirut.
April 9 » The EMD F40PH diesel locomotive enters revenue service with Amtrak.
April 13 » Forty workers die in an explosion at the Lapua ammunition factory, the deadliest accidental disaster in modern history in Finland.
April 13 » The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.
September 17 » The Space Shuttle Enterprise is unveiled by NASA.
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