The temperature on August 21, 1915 was between 9.9 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 9.7 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 » Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
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.
June 21 » The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down Oklahoma grandfather clause legislation which had the effect of denying the right to vote to blacks.
July 24 » The passenger ship SSEastland capsizes while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew are killed in the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
September 25 » World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.
October 14 » World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.
Day of marriage March 22, 1935
The temperature on March 22, 1935 was between 4.7 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
March 23 » Signing of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
June 10 » Dr. Robert Smith takes his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by him and Bill Wilson.
September 2 » The Labor Day Hurricane, the most intense hurricane to strike the United States, makes landfall at Long Key, Florida, killing at least 400.
September 8 » US Senator from Louisiana Huey Long is fatally shot in the Louisiana State Capitol building.
September 15 » The Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship.
October 20 » The Long March, a mammoth retreat undertaken by the armed forces of the Chinese Communist Party a year prior, ends.
Day of death March 26, 1949
The temperature on March 26, 1949 was between 2.5 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
January 3 » The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the central bank of the Philippines, is established.
January 5 » In his "State of the Union" address, United States President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program.
February 14 » The Knesset (parliament of Israel) convenes for the first time.
March 10 » Mildred Gillars ("Axis Sally") is convicted of treason.
November 3 » Chinese Civil War: The Battle of Dengbu Island occurs.
December 4 » Sir Duncan George Stewart was fatally stabbed by Rosli Dhobi, a member leader of the Rukun 13, in Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia during the British crown colony era in that state.
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