The temperature on April 3, 1915 was between 5.1 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
January 17 » Russia defeats Ottoman Turkey in the Battle of Sarikamish during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I.
April 18 » French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.
May 7 » World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many former pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire.
May 17 » The last British Liberal Party government (led by H. H. Asquith) falls.
June 29 » The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.
August 29 » US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.
Day of marriage November 22, 1939
The temperature on November 22, 1939 was between -3.2 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged -0.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
March 30 » The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets a world airspeed record of 463mph (745km/h).
May 3 » The All India Forward Bloc is formed by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
July 4 » Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, informs a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considers himself "The luckiest man on the face of the earth", then announces his retirement from major league baseball.
September 1 » World War II: Nazi Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.
September 6 » World War II: South Africa declares war on Nazi Germany.
September 9 » World War II: The Battle of Hel begins, the longest-defended pocket of Polish Army resistance during the German invasion of Poland.
Day of death April 5, 1977
The temperature on April 5, 1977 was between 0.3 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
June 7 » Five hundred million people watch the high day of the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II begin on television.
June 13 » Convicted Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before.
June 26 » Elvis Presley held his final concert in Indianapolis, Indiana at Market Square Arena.
July 5 » Military coup in Pakistan: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, is overthrown.
August 13 » Members of the British National Front (NF) clash with anti-NF demonstrators in Lewisham, London, resulting in 214 arrests and at least 111 injuries.
December 13 » Air Indiana Flight 216 crashes near Evansville Regional Airport, killing 29, including the University of Evansville basketball team, support staff, and boosters of the team.
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