The temperature on September 19, 1915 was between 4.9 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 3 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 25 » Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.
January 28 » An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
May 1 » The RMSLusitania departs from New York City on her 202nd, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives.
June 21 » The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down Oklahoma grandfather clause legislation which had the effect of denying the right to vote to blacks.
August 6 » World War I: Battle of Sari Bair: The Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay.
August 27 » Attempted assassination of Bishop Patrick Heffron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona by Rev. Louis M. Lesches.
Day of marriage May 12, 1938
The temperature on May 12, 1938 was between 0.4 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 3 » The March of Dimes is established as a foundation to combat infant polio by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
February 18 » Second Sino-Japanese War: During the Nanking Massacre, the Nanking Safety Zone International Committee is renamed "Nanking International Rescue Committee", and the safety zone in place for refugees falls apart.
March 27 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang begins, resulting several weeks later in the war's first major Chinese victory over Japan.
July 28 » Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service.
October 5 » In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.
October 31 » Great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.
Day of death February 1, 1970
The temperature on February 1, 1970 was between -8.7 °C and -2.6 °C and averaged -6.0 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (77%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
April 6 » Newhall massacre: Four California Highway Patrol officers are killed in a shootout.
May 26 » The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2.
July 3 » The Troubles: The "Falls Curfew" begins in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
August 15 » Patricia Palinkas becomes the first woman to play professionally in an American football game.
August 23 » Organized by Mexican American labor union leader César Chávez, the Salad Bowl strike, the largest farm worker strike in U.S. history, begins.
September 6 » Two passenger jets bound from Europe to New York are simultaneously hijacked by Palestinian terrorist members of the PFLP and taken to Dawson's Field, Jordan.
Day of burial February 5, 1970
The temperature on February 5, 1970 was between -1.4 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
April 10 » Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons.
April 26 » The Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization enters into force.
May 15 » President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female United States Army generals.
June 21 » Penn Central declares Section 77 bankruptcy in what was the largest U.S. corporate bankruptcy to date.
August 24 » Vietnam War protesters bomb Sterling Hall at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, leading to an international manhunt for the perpetrators.
November 12 » The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached Sperm whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous "exploding whale" incident.
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