The temperature on April 14, 1915 was between 1.6 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 21 » Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit.
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 9 » World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
May 17 » The last British Liberal Party government (led by H. H. Asquith) falls.
August 17 » A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 miles per hour (217km/h).
August 27 » Attempted assassination of Bishop Patrick Heffron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona by Rev. Louis M. Lesches.
Day of burial April 18, 1978
The temperature on April 18, 1978 was between 0.2 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
March 9 » President Soeharto inaugurated Jagorawi Toll Road, the first toll highway in Indonesia, connecting Jakarta, Bogor and Ciawi, West Java.
July 10 » President Moktar Ould Daddah of Mauritania is ousted in a bloodless coup d'état.
August 22 » The District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment is passed by the U.S. Congress. The proposed amendment would have provided the District of Columbia with full voting representation in the Congress, the Electoral College, and regarding amending the U.S. Constitution. The proposed amendment failed to be ratified by enough states (ratified by 16, needed 38) and so did not become part of the Constitution.
September 17 » The Camp David Accords are signed by Israel and Egypt.
October 3 » A Finnish Air Force DC-3 crashes, killing all 15 people on board.
December 27 » Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of fascist dictatorship.
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