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 13 » The 6.7 Mw Avezzano earthquake shakes the Province of L'Aquila in Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 29,978–32,610.
February 22 » World War I: The Imperial German Navy institutes unrestricted submarine warfare.
April 18 » French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.
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 21 » The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down Oklahoma grandfather clause legislation which had the effect of denying the right to vote to blacks.
August 27 » Attempted assassination of Bishop Patrick Heffron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona by Rev. Louis M. Lesches.
Day of death November 21, 1991
The temperature on November 21, 1991 was between -1.2 °C and 0.6 °C and averaged -0.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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.
January 12 » Persian Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of American military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.
February 7 » Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in.
May 18 » Northern Somalia declares independence from the rest of Somalia as the Republic of Somaliland but is not recognized by the international community.
May 26 » Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era.
May 31 » Bicesse Accords in Angola lay out a transition to multi-party democracy under the supervision of the United Nations' UNAVEM II mission.
October 3 » Nadine Gordimer is announced as the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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