The temperature on August 30, 1915 was between 7.0 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 19 » Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
January 25 » Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.
April 25 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops, begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.
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.
July 16 » Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
August 17 » Jewish American Leo Frank is lynched in Marietta, Georgia after a 13-year-old girl is murdered.
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
February 18 » Second Sino-Japanese War: During the Nanking Massacre, the Nanking Safety Zone International Committee is renamed "Nanking International Rescue Committee", and the safety zone in place for refugees falls apart.
March 12 » Anschluss: German troops occupy and absorb Austria.
June 25 » Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
August 20 » Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam, a record that stood for 75 years until it was broken by Alex Rodriguez.
October 31 » Great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.
November 1 » Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.
Day of death December 18, 1999
The temperature on December 18, 1999 was between -0.3 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Euro currency is introduced in 11 member nations of the European Union (with the exception of the United Kingdom, Denmark, Greece and Sweden; Greece later adopts the euro).
January 25 » A 6.0 magnitude earthquake hits western Colombia killing at least 1,000.
March 20 » Legoland California, the first Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California, US.
June 10 » Kosovo War: NATO suspends its airstrikes after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo.
July 5 » U.S. President Bill Clinton imposes trade and economic sanctions against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
August 31 » A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 65, including two on the ground.
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