The temperature on July 26, 1914 was between 8.9 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 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.
August 6 » World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
September 17 » World War I: The Race to the Sea begins.
November 7 » The German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtao are captured by Japanese forces.
December 8 » World War I: A squadron of Britain's Royal Navy defeats the Imperial German East Asia Squadron in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
December 16 » World War I: Admiral Franz von Hipper commands a raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby.
December 25 » A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.
Day of marriage June 23, 1938
The temperature on June 23, 1938 was between 13.8 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
March 18 » Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
April 10 » The 1938 German parliamentary election and referendum seeks approval for a single list of Nazi candidates and the recent annexation of Austria.
April 30 » The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny.
June 25 » Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.
December 17 » Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.
Day of death August 15, 1990
The temperature on August 15, 1990 was between 13.4 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 19.1 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (33%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 11 » Buster Douglas, a 42:1 underdog, knocks out Mike Tyson in ten rounds at Tokyo to win boxing's world Heavyweight title.
April 16 » "Doctor Death", Jack Kevorkian, participates in his first assisted suicide.
July 1 » German reunification: East Germany accepts the Deutsche Mark as its currency, thus uniting the economies of East and West Germany.
July 16 » The Luzon earthquake strikes the Philippines with an intensity of 7.7, affecting Benguet, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, La Union, Aurora, Bataan, Zambales and Tarlac.
August 10 » The Magellan space probe reaches Venus.
November 13 » In Aramoana, New Zealand, David Gray shoots dead 13 people in a massacre before being tracked down and killed by police the next day.
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