The temperature on June 22, 1915 was between 6.9 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 13.4 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
March 18 » World War I: During the Battle of Gallipoli, three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.
May 9 » World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
August 17 » A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 miles per hour (217km/h).
August 27 » Attempted assassination of Bishop Patrick Heffron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona by Rev. Louis M. Lesches.
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 May 19, 1945
The temperature on May 19, 1945 was between 8.1 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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).
February 3 » World War II: The United States and the Philippine Commonwealth begin a month-long battle to retake Manila from Japan.
March 22 » The Arab League is founded when a charter is adopted in Cairo, Egypt.
April 17 » World War II: Montese, Italy, is liberated from Nazi forces.
April 21 » World War II: Soviet forces south of Berlin at Zossen attack the German High Command headquarters.
April 29 » World War II: Airdrops of food begin over German-occupied regions of the Netherlands.
June 18 » William Joyce ("Lord Haw-Haw") is charged with treason for his pro-German propaganda broadcasting during World War II.
Day of death March 25, 2001
The temperature on March 25, 2001 was between 1.9 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
February 15 » The first draft of the complete human genome is published in Nature.
May 1 » Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declares the existence of "a state of rebellion", hours after thousands of supporters of her arrested predecessor, Joseph Estrada, storm towards the presidential palace at the height of the EDSA III rebellion.
May 25 » Erik Weihenmayer becomes the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, in the Himalayas, with Dr. Sherman Bull.
May 27 » Members of the Islamist separatist group Abu Sayyaf seize twenty hostages from an affluent island resort on Palawan in the Philippines; the hostage crisis would not be resolved until June 2002.
October 22 » Grand Theft Auto III is released, popularizing a genre of open-world, action-adventure video games, as well as spurring controversy around violence in video games.
December 13 » Sansad Bhavan, the building housing the Indian Parliament, is attacked by terrorists. Twelve people are killed, including the terrorists.
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