The temperature on December 8, 1915 was between 4.2 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 6.3 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
January 18 » Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia.
January 21 » Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit.
May 6 » Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run.
July 16 » Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
August 27 » Attempted assassination of Bishop Patrick Heffron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona by Rev. Louis M. Lesches.
Day of death September 12, 1960
The temperature on September 12, 1960 was between 11.8 °C and 24.1 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (82%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 18 » Capital Airlines Flight 20 crashes into a farm in Charles City County, Virginia, killing all 50 aboard, the third fatal Capital Airlines crash in as many years.
February 1 » Four black students stage the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
September 5 » Poet Léopold Sédar Senghor is the first elected President of Senegal.
October 1 » Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.
December 1 » Paul McCartney and Pete Best are arrested (and later deported) from Hamburg, West Germany, after accusations of attempted arson.
December 9 » The first episode of Coronation Street, the world's longest-running television soap opera, is broadcast in the United Kingdom.
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