The temperature on October 4, 1915 was between 7.2 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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.
March 20 » Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
May 27 » HMS Princess Irene exploded and sank off Sheerness, Kent with the loss of 352 lives.
June 9 » William Jennings Bryan resigns as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the sinking of the RMSLusitania.
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 17 » A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 miles per hour (217km/h).
Day of death December 4, 1942
The temperature on December 4, 1942 was between -4.3 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged -1.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
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