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 17 » Russia defeats Ottoman Turkey in the Battle of Sarikamish during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I.
January 22 » Over 600 people are killed in Guadalajara, Mexico, when a train plunges off the tracks into a deep canyon.
January 28 » An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
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.
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 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.
March 4 » A derailed train in Weyauwega, Wisconsin (USA) causes the emergency evacuation of 2,300 people for 16 days.
April 28 » Port Arthur massacre, Tasmania: A gunman, Martin Bryant, opens fire at the Broad Arrow Cafe in Port Arthur, Tasmania, killing 35 people and wounding 23 others.
May 27 » First Chechen War: the Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire.
June 10 » Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without the participation of Sinn Féin.
July 18 » Storms provoke severe flooding on the Saguenay River, beginning one of Quebec's costliest natural disasters ever.
October 31 » TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402 crashes in São Paulo, Brazil, killing 99 people.
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