The temperature on August 8, 1915 was between 13.1 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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.
January 21 » Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit.
January 22 » Over 600 people are killed in Guadalajara, Mexico, when a train plunges off the tracks into a deep canyon.
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.
August 15 » A story in New York World newspaper reveals that the Imperial German government had purchased excess phenol from Thomas Edison that could be used to make explosives for the war effort and diverted it to Bayer for aspirin production.
September 25 » World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.
Day of marriage May 12, 1937
The temperature on May 12, 1937 was between 9.4 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 15 » Spanish Civil War: Nationalists and Republican both withdraw after suffering heavy losses, ending the Second Battle of the Corunna Road.
April 1 » Spanish Civil War: Jaén, Spain is bombed by German fascist forces, supporting Francoist Nationalists.
July 2 » Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
July 9 » The silent film archives of Fox Film Corporation are destroyed by the 1937 Fox vault fire.
August 13 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Shanghai begins.
November 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Army withdraws from the Battle of Shanghai.
Day of death July 16, 1971
The temperature on July 16, 1971 was between 9.3 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
July 12 » The Australian Aboriginal Flag is flown for the first time.
August 14 » Bahrain declares independence as the State of Bahrain.
September 13 » State police and National Guardsmen storm New York's Attica Prison to quell a prison revolt, which claimed 43 lives.
November 23 » Representatives of the People's Republic of China attend the United Nations, including the United Nations Security Council, for the first time.
December 16 » Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: The ceasefire of the Pakistan Army brings an end to both conflicts. This is commemorated annually as Victory Day in Bangladesh, and as Vijay Diwas in India.
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