The temperature on March 20, 1914 was between 2.1 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 9.3 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
August 5 » World War I: The guns of Point Nepean fort at Port Phillip Heads in Victoria (Australia) fire across the bows of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer SSPfalz which is attempting to leave the Port of Melbourne in ignorance of the declaration of war and she is detained; this is said to be the first Allied shot of the War.
August 28 » World War I: The Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
September 3 » William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
September 22 » A German submarine sinks three British cruisers over a seventy-minute period, killing almost 1500 sailors.
November 5 » World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire.
December 16 » World War I: Admiral Franz von Hipper commands a raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby.
Day of marriage May 15, 1937
The temperature on May 15, 1937 was between 10.5 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 12.5 mm of rain during 9.2 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 19 » Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
February 19 » Yekatit 12: During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, two Ethiopian nationalists of Eritrean origin attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo Graziani with a number of grenades.
May 7 » Spanish Civil War: The German Condor Legion, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist Francisco Franco's forces.
June 30 » The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
July 22 » New Deal: The United States Senate votes down President Franklin D. Roosevelt's proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court of the United States.
August 24 » Spanish Civil War: Sovereign Council of Asturias and León is proclaimed in Gijón.
Day of death April 21, 1992
The temperature on April 21, 1992 was between 2.4 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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.
March 2 » Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, San Marino, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan join the United Nations.
March 17 » A referendum to end apartheid in South Africa is passed 68.7% to 31.2%.
July 20 » Václav Havel resigns as president of Czechoslovakia.
November 24 » China Southern Airlines Flight 3943 crashes on approach to Guilin Qifengling Airport in Guilin, China, killing all 141 people on board.
December 3 » The Greek oil tanker Aegean Sea, carrying 80,000 tonnes of crude oil, runs aground in a storm while approaching A Coruña, Spain, and spills much of its cargo.
December 31 » Czechoslovakia is peacefully dissolved in what is dubbed by media as the Velvet Divorce, resulting in the creation of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic.
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