The temperature on April 3, 1915 was between 5.1 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (41%). 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.
January 28 » An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
February 22 » World War I: The Imperial German Navy institutes unrestricted submarine warfare.
April 18 » French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.
August 6 » World War I: Battle of Sari Bair: The Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay.
Day of death August 20, 1955
The temperature on August 20, 1955 was between 13.0 °C and 27.7 °C and averaged 20.9 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (80%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 2 » Following the assassination of the Panamanian president José Antonio Remón Cantera, his deputy, José Ramón Guizado, takes power, but is quickly deposed after his involvement in Cantera's death is discovered.
January 7 » Contralto Marian Anderson becomes the first person of color to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in Giuseppe Verdi's Un ballo in maschera.
February 18 » Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot "Wasp" is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots in the Teapot series.
May 25 » First ascent of Mount Kangchenjunga: A British expedition led by Charles Evans, Joe Brown and George Band reaches the summit of the third-highest mountain in the world (8,586 meters); Norman Hardie and Tony Streather join them the following day.
June 7 » Lux Radio Theatre signs off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway shows and popular films.
September 16 » A Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile.
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