The temperature on August 21, 1915 was between 9.9 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 9.7 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 25 » Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.
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.
March 26 » The Vancouver Millionaires win the 1915 Stanley Cup Finals, the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association.
May 7 » World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many former pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire.
May 23 » World War I: Italy joins the Allies, fulfilling its part of the Treaty of London.
October 14 » World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.
Day of death September 18, 1987
The temperature on September 18, 1987 was between 8.8 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 14.6 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly 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 Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
March 7 » Lieyu massacre: Taiwanese military massacre of 19 unarmed Vietnamese refugees at Donggang, Lieyu, Kinmen.
July 1 » The American radio station WFAN in New York City is launched as the world's first all-sports radio station.
July 4 » In France, former Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie (a.k.a. the "Butcher of Lyon") is convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to life imprisonment.
July 5 » Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE uses suicide attacks on the Sri Lankan Army for the first time. The Black Tigers are born and, in the following years, will continue to kill with the tactic.
August 4 » The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to present controversial issues "fairly".
November 28 » South African Airways Flight 295 crashes into the Indian Ocean, killing all 159 people on board.
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