The temperature on August 8, 1915 was between 13.8 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 12 » The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to require states to give women the right to vote.
January 19 » Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
January 26 » The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the U.S. Congress.
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.
July 5 » The Liberty Bell leaves Philadelphia by special train on its way to the Panama–Pacific International Exposition. This is the last trip outside Philadelphia that the custodians of the bell intend to permit.
November 25 » Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.
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