The temperature on April 8, 1915 was between 2.8 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (59%). 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 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.
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.
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.
August 27 » Attempted assassination of Bishop Patrick Heffron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona by Rev. Louis M. Lesches.
Day of marriage May 27, 1939
The temperature on May 27, 1939 was between 4.2 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
January 14 » Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.
July 6 » Anti-Jewish legislation in prewar Nazi Germany closes the last remaining Jewish enterprises.
August 31 » Nazi Germany mounts a false flag attack on the Gleiwitz radio station, creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day, thus starting World War II in Europe.
September 2 » World War II: Following the start of the invasion of Poland the previous day, the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) is annexed by Nazi Germany.
October 14 » World War II: The German submarineU-47 sinks the British battleship HMSRoyal Oak within her harbour at Scapa Flow, Scotland.
December 4 » World War II: HMSNelson is struck by a mine (laid by U-31) off the Scottish coast and is laid up for repairs until August 1940.
Day of death November 12, 1972
The temperature on November 12, 1972 was between 5.0 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 9.1 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (33%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
January 13 » Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo of Ghana are ousted in a bloodless military coup by Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheampong.
January 24 » Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II.
May 13 » The Troubles: A car bombing outside a crowded pub in Belfast sparks a two-day gun battle involving the Provisional IRA, Ulster Volunteer Force and British Army. Seven people are killed and over 66 injured.
September 4 » Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.
September 9 » In Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park, a Cave Research Foundation exploration and mapping team discovers a link between the Mammoth and Flint Ridge cave systems, making it the longest known cave passageway in the world.
December 23 » The 16 survivors of the Andes flight disaster are rescued after 73 days, surviving by cannibalism.
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