The temperature on January 25, 1915 was between -1.2 °C and 1.9 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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.
January 25 » Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.
February 22 » World War I: The Imperial German Navy institutes unrestricted submarine warfare.
May 1 » The RMSLusitania departs from New York City on her 202nd, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives.
May 9 » World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
August 29 » US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.
September 12 » French soldiers rescue over 4,000 Armenian Genocide survivors stranded on Musa Dagh.
Day of marriage November 24, 1943
The temperature on November 24, 1943 was between 3.5 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
February 14 » World War II: Rostov-on-Don, Russia is liberated.
April 8 » Otto and Elise Hampel are executed in Berlin for their anti-Nazi activities.
May 11 » World War II: American troops invade Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands in an attempt to expel occupying Japanese forces.
June 4 » A military coup in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo.
August 15 » World War II: Battle of Trahili: Superior German forces surround Cretan partisans, who manage to escape against all odds.
November 23 » World War II: Tarawa and Makin atolls fall to American forces.
Day of death February 22, 2005
The temperature on February 22, 2005 was between -1.7 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged 0.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 15 » ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the Moon.
January 18 » The Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial jet, is unveiled at a ceremony in Toulouse, France
March 3 » James Roszko murders four Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables during a drug bust at his property in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta, then commits suicide. This is the deadliest peace-time incident for the RCMP since 1885 and the North-West Rebellion.
July 4 » The Deep Impact collider hits the comet Tempel 1.
July 26 » Mumbai, India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17inches) within 24 hours, resulting in floods killing over 5,000 people.
December 5 » The 6.8 Mw Lake Tanganyika earthquake shakes the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing six people.
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