The temperature on February 1, 1915 was between -1.5 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 26 » The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the U.S. Congress.
February 12 » In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
March 18 » World War I: During the Battle of Gallipoli, three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.
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.
June 29 » The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.
September 12 » French soldiers rescue over 4,000 Armenian Genocide survivors stranded on Musa Dagh.
Day of marriage September 9, 1938
The temperature on September 9, 1938 was between 8.0 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
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.
May 25 » Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
June 24 » Pieces of a meteorite land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded.
July 17 » Douglas Corrigan takes off from Brooklyn to fly the "wrong way" to Ireland and becomes known as "Wrong Way" Corrigan.
October 5 » In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.
November 14 » The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.
Day of death September 13, 1969
The temperature on September 13, 1969 was between 13.5 °C and 26.4 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (76%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 12 » The New York Jets of the American Football League defeat the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League to win Super Bowl III in what is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in sports history.
April 4 » Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
April 22 » The formation of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) is announced at a mass rally in Calcutta.
May 2 » The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City.
June 23 » IBM announces that effective January 1970 it will price its software and services separately from hardware thus creating the modern software industry.
August 17 » Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits the U.S. Gulf Coast, killing 256 and causing $1.42 billion in damage.
Day of burial September 17, 1969
The temperature on September 17, 1969 was between 15.1 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
March 18 » The United States begins secretly bombing the Sihanouk Trail in Cambodia, used by communist forces to infiltrate South Vietnam.
March 28 » Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece.
April 22 » British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston wins the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race and completes the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world.
September 25 » The charter establishing the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is signed.
November 15 » Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 250,000-500,000 protesters staged a peaceful demonstration against the war, including a symbolic "March Against Death".
December 8 » Olympic Airways Flight 954 strikes a mountain outside of Keratea, Greece, killing 90 people in the worst crash of a Douglas DC-6 in history.
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