The temperature on September 5, 1915 was between 6.2 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 19 » German strategic bombing during World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
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 8 » D. W. Griffith's controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles.
February 19 » World War I: The first naval attack on the Dardanelles begins when a strong Anglo-French task force bombards Ottoman artillery along the coast of Gallipoli.
March 20 » Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
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.
Day of death October 21, 1945
The temperature on October 21, 1945 was between 10.2 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
March 14 » The R.A.F. drop the Grand Slam bomb in action for the first time, on a railway viaduct near Bielefeld, Germany.
March 21 » World War II: Operation Carthage: Royal Air Force planes bomb Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark. They also accidentally hit a school, killing 125 civilians.
May 23 » World War II: Germany's Flensburg Government under Karl Dönitz is dissolved when its members are arrested by British forces.
June 26 » The United Nations Charter is signed by 50 Allied nations in San Francisco, California.
August 14 » Japan accepts the Allied terms of surrender in World War II and the Emperor records the Imperial Rescript on Surrender (August 15 in Japan Standard Time).
August 23 » World War II: Soviet–Japanese War: The USSR State Defense Committee issues Decree no. 9898cc "About Receiving, Accommodation, and Labor Utilization of the Japanese Army Prisoners of War".
Day of burial October 22, 1945
The temperature on October 22, 1945 was between 10.7 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
January 20 » World War II: Germany begins the evacuation of 1.8million people from East Prussia, a task which will take nearly two months.
April 29 » World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler marries his longtime partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker and designates Admiral Karl Dönitz as his successor; Hitler and Braun both commit suicide the following day.
May 8 » World War II: The German Instrument of Surrender signed at Reims comes into effect.
June 29 » The Soviet Union annexes the Czechoslovak province of Carpathian Ruthenia.
July 16 » World War II: The heavy cruiser USSIndianapolis leaves San Francisco with parts for the atomic bomb "Little Boy" bound for Tinian Island.
September 12 » The People's Republic of Korea is proclaimed, bringing an end to Japanese rule over Korea.
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