The temperature on November 16, 1915 was between -3.1 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (40%). 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 25 » Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.
March 20 » Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
April 24 » The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian Genocide.
May 17 » The last British Liberal Party government (led by H. H. Asquith) falls.
May 24 » World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the conflict on the side of the Allies.
September 25 » World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.
Day of marriage May 18, 1935
The temperature on May 18, 1935 was between 0.3 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 11.7 mm of rain during 11.0 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
April 1 » India's central banking institution, The Reserve Bank of India, is formed.
June 25 » Colombia–Soviet Union relations are established.
September 3 » Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300mph.
September 17 » The Niagara Gorge Railroad ceases operations after a rockslide.
November 22 » The China Clipper inaugurates the first commercial transpacific air service, connecting Alameda, California with Manila.
December 18 » The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is founded in Ceylon.
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