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
March 20 » Prime Minister of the German Empire Otto von Bismarck is dismissed by Emperor Wilhelm II.
July 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act.
September 12 » Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded.
November 23 » King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to succeed him.
November 29 » The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.
December 22 » Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kentville and Kingsport, Nova Scotia.
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.
June 13 » World War I: The deadliest German air raid on London of the war is carried out by Gotha G.IV bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.
September 14 » The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.
October 31 » World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".
November 20 » World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins: British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back.
November 26 » The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.
December 6 » Finland declares independence from Soviet Russia.
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
April 1 » Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army massacre over 1,000 people in Keraniganj Upazila, Bangladesh.
April 19 » Sierra Leone becomes a republic, and Siaka Stevens the president.
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.
August 15 » President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors.
November 28 » Fred Quilt, a leader of the Tsilhqot'in First Nation suffers severe abdominal injuries allegedly caused by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers; he dies two days later.
December 16 » Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: The ceasefire of the Pakistan Army brings an end to both conflicts. This is commemorated annually as Victory Day in Bangladesh, and as Vijay Diwas in India.
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