The temperature on May 23, 1915 was between 12.1 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 13.8 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 13 » The 6.7 Mw Avezzano earthquake shakes the Province of L'Aquila in Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 29,978–32,610.
January 18 » Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia.
February 8 » D. W. Griffith's controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles.
August 27 » Attempted assassination of Bishop Patrick Heffron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona by Rev. Louis M. Lesches.
September 30 » World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.
October 13 » First World War: The Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos.
Day of marriage May 26, 1937
The temperature on May 26, 1937 was between 13.8 °C and 28.8 °C and averaged 21.6 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 25 » The Guiding Light debuts on NBC radio from Chicago. In 1952 it moves to CBS television, where it remains until September 18, 2009.
March 8 » Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.
April 9 » The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London. It is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe.
August 13 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Shanghai begins.
September 10 » Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.
October 2 » Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of Haitians living in the northwestern region of the Dominican Republic.
Day of death October 18, 1999
The temperature on October 18, 1999 was between 2.1 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 4 » Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot 41 times by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race relations in the city.
March 28 » Kosovo War: Serb paramilitary and military forces kill 146 Kosovo Albanians in Izbica.
May 3 » The southwestern portion of Oklahoma City is devastated by an F5 tornado, killing forty-five people, injuring 665, and causing $1billion in damage. The tornado is one of 66 from the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak. This tornado also produces the highest wind speed ever recorded, measured at 301 +/- 20mph (484 +/- 32km/h).
July 1 » The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Elizabeth II on the day that legislative powers are officially transferred from the old Scottish Office in London to the new devolved Scottish Executive in Edinburgh. In Wales, the powers of the Welsh Secretary are transferred to the National Assembly.
August 31 » The first of a series of bombings in Moscow kills one person and wounds 40 others.
December 3 » NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere.
Day of burial October 21, 1999
The temperature on October 21, 1999 was between 2.9 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
March 29 » The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark (10,006.78) for the first time, during the height of the dot-com bubble.
April 20 » Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado.
August 9 » Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet.
August 26 » Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade.
December 22 » Just after taking off from London Stansted Airport, Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509 crashes into Hatfield Forest near Great Hallingbury, killing all four people on board.
December 31 » Indian Airlines Flight 814 hijacking ended after seven days with the release of 190 survivors at Kandahar Airport, Afghanistan.
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