The temperature on June 4, 1915 was between 8.0 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (36%). 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 12 » The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to require states to give women the right to vote.
January 31 » World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in the Battle of Bolimów against Russia.
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.
August 29 » US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.
October 12 » World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium
Day of marriage October 27, 1945
The temperature on October 27, 1945 was between 7.3 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 11.8 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
January 17 » Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg is taken into Soviet custody while in Hungary; he is never publicly seen again.
January 19 » World War II: Soviet forces liberate the Łódź Ghetto. Of more than 200,000 inhabitants in 1940, less than 900 had survived the Nazi occupation.
April 9 » World War II: The Battle of Königsberg, in East Prussia, ends.
April 29 » World War II: The Surrender of Caserta is signed by the commander of German forces in Italy.
August 14 » The Viet Minh launches August Revolution amid the political confusion and power vacuum engulfing Vietnam.
October 30 » Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs signs a contract for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking the baseball color line.
Day of death August 31, 1978
The temperature on August 31, 1978 was between 7.7 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (11%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
February 24 » The Yuba County Five disappear in California. Four of their bodies are found four months later.
March 11 » Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Fatah hijack an Israeli bus, prompting Israel's Operation Litani.
March 16 » Former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro is kidnapped. (He is later murdered by his captors.)
June 28 » The United States Supreme Court, in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke bars quota systems in college admissions.
July 10 » ABC World News Tonight premieres on ABC.
December 10 » Arab–Israeli conflict: Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin and President of Egypt Anwar Sadat are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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