The temperature on November 1, 1914 was between 6.3 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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.
August 6 » World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
September 11 » World War I: Australia invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.
September 17 » World War I: The Race to the Sea begins.
October 29 » Ottoman entry into World War I.
November 26 » HMS Bulwark was destroyed by a large internal explosion with the loss of 741 men near Sheerness.
December 25 » A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.
Day of death December 15, 1987
The temperature on December 15, 1987 was between -3.8 °C and 2.4 °C and averaged -1.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
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.
May 8 » The SAS kills eight Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a civilian during an ambush in Loughgall, Northern Ireland.
May 15 » The Soviet Union launches the Polyus prototype orbital weapons platform. It fails to reach orbit.
May 28 » A West German pilot, Mathias Rust, who was 18 years old, evades Soviet Union air defences and lands a private plane in the Red Square in Moscow, Russia.
June 29 » Vincent Van Gogh’s painting, the Le Pont de Trinquetaille, was bought for $20.4million at an auction in London, England.
July 1 » The American radio station WFAN in New York City is launched as the world's first all-sports radio station.
July 5 » Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE uses suicide attacks on the Sri Lankan Army for the first time. The Black Tigers are born and, in the following years, will continue to kill with the tactic.
Day of burial December 19, 1987
The temperature on December 19, 1987 was between 7.2 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The partly or 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 Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 1 » The Isleta Pueblo tribe elect Verna Williamson to be their first female governor.
April 19 » The Simpsons first appear as a series of shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show, first starting with Good Night.
June 8 » New Zealand's Labour government establishes a national nuclear-free zone under the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987.
July 24 » Hulda Crooks, at 91 years of age, climbed Mt. Fuji. Crooks became the oldest person to climb Japan's highest peak.
September 2 » In Moscow, the trial begins for 19-year-old pilot Mathias Rust, who flew his Cessna airplane into Red Square in May.
December 9 » Israeli–Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
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