The temperature on June 23, 1915 was between 5.9 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 11.6 mm of rain. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
February 8 » D. W. Griffith's controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles.
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.
May 6 » Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run.
July 7 » Colombo Town Guard officer Henry Pedris is executed in British Ceylon for allegedly inciting persecution of Muslims.
July 16 » At Treasure Island on the Delaware River in the United States, the First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law.
September 30 » World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.
Day of marriage January 19, 1935
The temperature on January 19, 1935 was between -2.1 °C and 1.5 °C and averaged -0.4 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 13 » A jury in Flemington, New Jersey finds Bruno Hauptmann guilty of the 1932 kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby, the son of Charles Lindbergh.
February 20 » Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.
August 31 » In an attempt to stay out of the growing tensions concerning Germany and Japan, the United States passes the first of its Neutrality Acts.
September 15 » The Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship.
September 30 » The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.
December 18 » The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is founded in Ceylon.
Day of death March 6, 1977
The temperature on March 6, 1977 was between -0.7 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
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.
April 22 » Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic.
May 9 » Hotel Polen fire: A disastrous fire burns down the Hotel Polen in Amsterdam causing 33 deaths and 21 severe injuries.
May 18 » Likud party wins the 1977 Israeli legislative election, with Menachem Begin, its founder, as the sixth Prime Minister of Israel.
September 13 » General Motors introduces Diesel engine, with Oldsmobile Diesel engine, in the Delta 88, Oldsmobile 98, and Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser models amongst others.
October 20 » Rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd's airplane crashes. Lead singer Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines perish in the crash.
November 11 » A munitions explosion at a train station in Iri, South Korea kills at least 56 people.
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