The temperature on August 8, 1915 was between 13.1 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 16.0 °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 26 » The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the U.S. Congress.
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.
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 27 » HMS Princess Irene exploded and sank off Sheerness, Kent with the loss of 352 lives.
June 9 » William Jennings Bryan resigns as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the sinking of the RMSLusitania.
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.
Day of death May 20, 1977
The temperature on May 20, 1977 was between 8.6 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
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 23 » The first of The Nixon Interviews (12 will be recorded over four weeks) is videotaped with British journalist David Frost interviewing former United States President Richard Nixon about the Watergate scandal and the Nixon tapes.
April 7 » German Federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback and his driver are shot by two Red Army Faction members while waiting at a red light.
May 31 » The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System is completed.
July 20 » The Johnstown flood of 1977 kills 84 people and causes millions of dollars in damages.
July 22 » Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power.
November 26 » An unidentified hijacker named Vrillon, claiming to be the representative of the "Ashtar Galactic Command", takes over Britain's Southern Television for six minutes, starting at 5:12 pm.
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