The temperature on March 8, 1915 was between -1.8 °C and 1.6 °C and averaged -0.2 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong 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.
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.
May 9 » World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
July 28 » The United States begins a 19-year occupation of Haiti.
August 6 » World War I: Battle of Sari Bair: The Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay.
October 12 » World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium
Day of marriage May 24, 1939
The temperature on May 24, 1939 was between 7.9 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
February 25 » As part of British air raid precautions, the first of 2.5 million Anderson shelters is constructed in a garden in Islington, north London.
April 4 » Faisal II becomes King of Iraq.
May 22 » World War II: Germany and Italy sign the Pact of Steel.
June 1 » First flight of the German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter aircraft.
September 6 » World War II: South Africa declares war on Nazi Germany.
September 14 » World War II: The Estonian military boards the Polish submarine ORPOrzeł in Tallinn, sparking a diplomatic incident that the Soviet Union will later use to justify the annexation of Estonia.
Day of death April 11, 1990
The temperature on April 11, 1990 was between 6.5 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 12 » Carmen Lawrence becomes the first female Premier in Australian history when she becomes Premier of Western Australia.
February 14 » Ninety-two people are killed when Indian Airlines Flight 605 crashes in Bangalore, India.
March 27 » The United States begins broadcasting anti-Castro propaganda to Cuba on TV Martí.
July 30 » Ian Gow, Conservative Member of Parliament, is assassinated at his home by IRA terrorists in a car bombing after he assured the group that the British government would never surrender to them.
August 2 » Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.
November 16 » Pop group Milli Vanilli are stripped of their Grammy Award because the duo did not sing at all on the Girl You Know It's True album. Session musicians had provided all the vocals.
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