The temperature on May 18, 1914 was between 10.5 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 14.0 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 5 » The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and minimum daily wage of $5 in salary plus bonuses.
January 9 » The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African-American students at Howard University in Washington D.C., United States.
February 26 » HMHSBritannic, sister to the RMSTitanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
August 23 » World War I: Japan declares war on Germany.
September 18 » The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I.
December 23 » World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.
Day of marriage January 15, 1937
The temperature on January 15, 1937 was between 1.1 °C and 2.6 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 8.3 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 16 » Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
May 27 » In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
May 30 » Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators.
June 15 » A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.
July 26 » Spanish Civil War: End of the Battle of Brunete with the Nationalist victory.
September 22 » Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken, ending the Battle of El Mazuco.
Day of death May 15, 1994
The temperature on May 15, 1994 was between 8.5 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
June 1 » Republic of South Africa becomes a Commonwealth republic.
August 21 » Royal Air Maroc Flight 630 crashes in Douar Izounine, Morocco, killing all 44 people on board.
September 12 » Frank Eugene Corder fatally crashes a single-engine Cessna 150 into the White House's south lawn, striking the West wing. There were no other casualties.
October 1 » Palau enters a Compact of Free Association with the United States.
October 12 » The Magellan spacecraft burns up in the atmosphere of Venus.
October 17 » Russian journalist Dmitry Kholodov is assassinated while investigating corruption in the armed forces.
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