The temperature on May 17, 1915 was between 5.0 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 17 » Russia defeats Ottoman Turkey in the Battle of Sarikamish during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I.
January 19 » Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
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.
February 12 » In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
May 1 » The RMSLusitania departs from New York City on her 202nd, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives.
July 16 » At Treasure Island on the Delaware River in the United States, the First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law.
Day of marriage November 24, 1939
The temperature on November 24, 1939 was between 0.4 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 10.6 mm of rain during 13.2 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
January 26 » Spanish Civil War: Catalonia Offensive: Troops loyal to nationalist General Francisco Franco and aided by Italy take Barcelona.
March 15 » Germany occupies Czechoslovakia.
March 23 » The Hungarian air force attacks the headquarters of the Slovak air force in Spišská Nová Ves, killing 13 people and beginning the Slovak–Hungarian War.
April 14 » The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press.
April 30 » The 1939–40 New York World's Fair opens.
October 1 » World War II: After a one-month siege, German troops occupy Warsaw.
Day of death September 9, 1994
The temperature on September 9, 1994 was between 9.5 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
February 12 » Four thieves break into the National Gallery of Norway and steal Edvard Munch's iconic painting The Scream.
February 22 » Aldrich Ames and his wife are charged by the United States Department of Justice with spying for the Soviet Union.
May 7 » Edvard Munch's painting The Scream is recovered undamaged after being stolen from the National Gallery of Norway in February.
July 2 » USAir Flight 1016 crashes near Charlotte Douglas International Airport, killing 37 of the 57 people on board.
August 12 » Major League Baseball players go on strike, forcing the cancellation of the 1994 World Series.
December 24 » Air France Flight 8969 is hijacked on the ground at Houari Boumediene Airport, Algiers, Algeria. Over the course of three days three passengers are killed, as are all four terrorists.
Day of cremation September 14, 1994
The temperature on September 14, 1994 was between 10.5 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 21.3 mm of rain during 9.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
January 8 » Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov on Soyuz TM-18 leaves for Mir. He would stay on the space station until March 22, 1995, for a record 437 days in space.
April 7 » Auburn Calloway attempts to destroy Federal Express Flight 705 in order to allow his family to benefit from his life insurance policy.
April 7 » Rwandan genocide: Massacres of Tutsis begin in Kigali, Rwanda.
June 10 » China conducts a nuclear test for DF-31 warhead at Area C (Beishan), Lop Nur, its prominence being due to the Cox Report.
September 16 » The British government lifts the broadcasting ban imposed against members of Sinn Féin and Irish paramilitary groups in 1988.
November 7 » WXYC, the student radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, provides the world's first internet radio broadcast.
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