The temperature on August 9, 1915 was between 12.3 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) 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 26 » The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the U.S. Congress.
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.
May 9 » World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
September 5 » The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.
Day of marriage April 16, 1947
The temperature on April 16, 1947 was between 8.0 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 22 » KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
March 1 » The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
June 5 » Cold War: Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
July 11 » The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France.
August 7 » The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).
August 15 » Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.
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