The temperature on January 17, 1915 was between 0.6 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 4 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 19 » German strategic bombing during World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
August 4 » World War I: The German 12th Army occupies Warsaw during the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive and the Great Retreat of 1915.
September 5 » The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.
September 25 » World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.
October 14 » World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.
November 25 » Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.
Day of death February 12, 1996
The temperature on February 12, 1996 was between 1.6 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 18.9 mm of rain during 11.6 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (7%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 11 » Space Shuttle program: STS-72 launches from the Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of Endeavour.
January 25 » Billy Bailey becomes the last person to be hanged in the U.S.A.
March 13 » The Dunblane massacre leads to the death of sixteen primary school children and one teacher in Dunblane, Scotland.
April 18 » In Lebanon, at least 106 civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces shell the United Nations compound at Qana where more than 800 civilians had taken refuge.
June 4 » The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 37 seconds. It was a Cluster mission.
June 10 » Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without the participation of Sinn Féin.
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