The temperature on September 25, 1916 was between 4.0 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
April 10 » The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
June 5 » World War I: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out.
August 30 » Ernest Shackleton completes the rescue of all of his men stranded on Elephant Island in Antarctica.
September 15 » World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
November 7 » Boston Elevated Railway Company's streetcar No. 393 smashes through the warning gates of the open Summer Street drawbridge in Boston, Massachusetts, plunging into the frigid waters of Fort Point Channel, killing 46 people.
November 7 » Woodrow Wilson is reelected as President of the United States.
Day of marriage April 14, 1938
The temperature on April 14, 1938 was between 7.0 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
May 25 » Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
June 7 » The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
September 30 » The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
November 1 » Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.
December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.
December 17 » Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.
Day of death September 16, 2000
The temperature on September 16, 2000 was between 12.1 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 3 » Final daily edition of the Peanuts comic strip.
January 31 » Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crash: An MD-83, experiencing horizontal stabilizer problems, crashes in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Point Mugu, California, killing all 88 aboard.
August 12 » The Russian Navy submarine Kursk explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise, killing her entire 118-man crew.
August 21 » Tiger Woods, American professional golfer, wins the 82nd PGA Championship and becomes the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win three majors in a calendar year.
September 10 » Operation Barras successfully frees six British soldiers held captive for over two weeks and contributes to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War.
November 30 » NASA launches STS-97, the 101st Space Shuttle mission.
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