The temperature on September 15, 1890 was about 11.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
April 7 » Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
September 12 » Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded.
September 25 » The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
October 11 » In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
November 29 » The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.
December 15 » Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull is killed on Standing Rock Indian Reservation, leading to the Wounded Knee Massacre.
Day of marriage May 16, 1917
The temperature on May 16, 1917 was between 9.3 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
October 15 » World War I: Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by France for espionage.
November 7 » World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ends: British forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.
November 24 » In Milwaukee, nine members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb, the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the September 11 attacks in 2001.
Day of death November 15, 1971
The temperature on November 15, 1971 was between 4.8 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (12%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 2 » Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda.
February 8 » The NASDAQ stock market index opens for the first time.
April 7 » President Richard Nixon announces his decision to quicken the pace of Vietnamization.
August 5 » The first Pacific Islands Forum (then known as the "South Pacific Forum") is held in Wellington, New Zealand, with the aim of enhancing cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean.
September 4 » Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board.
December 9 » Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Air Force executes an airdrop of Indian Army units, bypassing Pakistani defences.
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