The temperature on July 15, 1914 was between 14.8 °C and 28.7 °C and averaged 19.6 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
April 21 » Ypiranga incident: A German arms shipment to Mexico is intercepted by the U.S. Navy near Veracruz.
August 5 » World War I: The guns of Point Nepean fort at Port Phillip Heads in Victoria (Australia) fire across the bows of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer SSPfalz which is attempting to leave the Port of Melbourne in ignorance of the declaration of war and she is detained; this is said to be the first Allied shot of the War.
August 12 » World War I: The Battle of Halen a.k.a. Battle of the Silver Helmets a clash between large Belgian and German cavalry formations at Halen, Belgium.
August 28 » World War I: The Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
September 26 » The United States Federal Trade Commission is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
October 18 » The Schoenstatt Movement is founded in Germany.
Day of death December 22, 2001
The temperature on December 22, 2001 was between -3.0 °C and 3.9 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 16 » US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish–American War.
February 13 » An earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter magnitude scale hits El Salvador, killing at least 944.
May 6 » During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.
June 8 » Mamoru Takuma kills eight and injures 15 in a mass stabbing at an elementary school in the Osaka Prefecture of Japan.
September 17 » The New York Stock Exchange reopens for trading after the September 11 attacks, the longest closure since the Great Depression.
October 11 » The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
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