The temperature on March 18, 1915 was between 1.6 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 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.
January 19 » German strategic bombing during World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
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 6 » Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run.
May 17 » The last British Liberal Party government (led by H. H. Asquith) falls.
July 16 » Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
August 29 » US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.
Day of marriage August 27, 1945
The temperature on August 27, 1945 was between 9.2 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
January 12 » World War II: The Red Army begins the Vistula–Oder Offensive.
February 15 » World War II: Third day of bombing in Dresden.
April 6 » World War II: Sarajevo is liberated from German and Croatian forces by the Yugoslav Partisans.
May 1 » World War II: Up to 2,500 people die in a mass suicide in Demmin following the advance of the Red Army.
May 7 » World War II: General Alfred Jodl signs unconditional surrender terms at Reims, France, ending Germany's participation in the war. The document takes effect the next day.
May 8 » World War II: The German Instrument of Surrender signed at Reims comes into effect.
Day of death May 8, 2000
The temperature on May 8, 2000 was between 10.4 °C and 25.7 °C and averaged 19.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 17 » Five hundred and thirty members of the Ugandan cult Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God die in a fire, considered to be a mass murder or suicide orchestrated by leaders of the cult. Elsewhere another 248 members are later found dead.
March 21 » Pope John Paul II makes his first ever pontifical visit to Israel.
May 3 » The sport of geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet.
May 25 » Liberation Day of Lebanon: Israel withdraws its army from Lebanese territory (with the exception of the disputed Shebaa farms zone) 18 years after the invasion of 1982.
June 5 » The Six-Day War in Kisangani begins in Kisangani, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, between Ugandan and Rwandan forces. A large part of the city is destroyed.
October 31 » Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station. The ISS has been crewed continuously since then.
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