The temperature on June 14, 1915 was between 8.8 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 21 » Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit.
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.
May 1 » The RMSLusitania departs from New York City on her 202nd, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives.
August 15 » A story in New York World newspaper reveals that the Imperial German government had purchased excess phenol from Thomas Edison that could be used to make explosives for the war effort and diverted it to Bayer for aspirin production.
August 17 » A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 miles per hour (217km/h).
October 14 » World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.
Day of death September 20, 2005
The temperature on September 20, 2005 was between 5.0 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (73%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
February 22 » The 6.4 Mw Zarand earthquake shakes the Kerman Province of Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 612 people dead and 1,411 injured.
April 25 » The final piece of the Obelisk of Axum is returned to Ethiopia after being stolen by the invading Italian army in 1937.
May 16 » Kuwait permits women's suffrage in a 35–23 National Assembly vote.
August 18 » A massive power blackout hits the Indonesian island of Java, affecting almost 100 million people, one of the largest and most widespread power outages in history.
October 17 » The Colbert Report, an American satirical news television program and talk show hosted by Stephen Colbert, premiered on Comedy Central.
December 11 » Cronulla riots: Thousands of White Australians demonstrate against ethnic violence resulting in a riot against anyone thought to be Lebanese in Cronulla, New South Wales; these are followed up by retaliatory ethnic attacks on Cronulla.
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