January 18 » An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.
April 15 » Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
August 27 » Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
August 30 » Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas.
September 22 » Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
November 27 » Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed.
Day of marriage July 15, 1915
The temperature on July 15, 1915 was between 10.6 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 11.9 mm of rain. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 12 » The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to require states to give women the right to vote.
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 29 » The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.
September 30 » World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.
October 14 » World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.
Day of death September 28, 1959
The temperature on September 28, 1959 was between 3.6 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista, dictator of Cuba, is overthrown by Fidel Castro's forces.
January 4 » Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
January 8 » Charles de Gaulle is proclaimed as the first President of the French Fifth Republic.
February 20 » The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate.
May 19 » The North Vietnamese Army establishes Group 559, whose responsibility is to determine how to maintain supply lines to South Vietnam; the resulting route is the Ho Chi Minh trail.
October 21 » President Eisenhower approves the transfer of all US Army space-related activities to NASA, including most of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency.
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