The temperature on August 26, 1915 was between 8.3 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 31 » World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in the Battle of Bolimów against Russia.
May 17 » The last British Liberal Party government (led by H. H. Asquith) falls.
May 22 » Lassen Peak erupts with a powerful force, the only volcano besides Mount St. Helens to erupt in the contiguous U.S. during the 20th century.
May 22 » Three trains collide in the Quintinshill rail disaster near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246.
May 27 » HMS Princess Irene exploded and sank off Sheerness, Kent with the loss of 352 lives.
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 marriage May 4, 1944
The temperature on May 4, 1944 was between 3.8 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
March 3 » The Order of Nakhimov and Order of Ushakov are instituted in USSR as the highest naval awards.
April 26 » Georgios Papandreou becomes head of the Greek government-in-exile based in Egypt.
June 30 » World War II: The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces.
July 3 » World War II: The Minsk Offensive clears German troops from the city.
August 12 » Nazi German troops end the week-long Wola massacre, during which time at least 40,000 people are killed indiscriminately or in mass executions.
December 28 » Maurice Richard becomes the first player to score eight points in one game of NHL ice hockey.
Day of death November 25, 1986
The temperature on November 25, 1986 was between 11.2 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 23 » The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Fats Domino, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley.
February 9 » Halley's Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System.
March 4 » The Soviet Vega 1 begins returning images of Halley's Comet and the first images of its nucleus.
April 5 » Three people are killed in the bombing of the La Belle discotheque in West Berlin, Germany.
July 9 » The New Zealand Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand.
October 27 » The British government suddenly deregulates financial markets, leading to a total restructuring of the way in which they operate in the country, in an event now referred to as the Big Bang.
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