The temperature on April 12, 1915 was between -1.6 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
May 7 » World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many former pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire.
May 22 » Lassen Peak erupts with a powerful force, the only volcano besides Mount St. Helens to erupt in the contiguous U.S. during the 20th century.
July 16 » Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
October 12 » World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium
October 13 » First World War: The Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos.
Day of marriage December 5, 1935
The temperature on December 5, 1935 was between 0.2 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 7 » Benito Mussolini and French Foreign minister Pierre Laval sign the Franco-Italian Agreement.
February 28 » DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invents nylon.
June 25 » Colombia–Soviet Union relations are established.
September 15 » Nazi Germany adopts a new national flag bearing the swastika.
October 19 » The League of Nations places economic sanctions on Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia.
November 22 » The China Clipper inaugurates the first commercial transpacific air service, connecting Alameda, California with Manila.
Day of death October 24, 1974
The temperature on October 24, 1974 was between 8.4 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 2 » United States President Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum U.S. speed limit to 55 MPH in order to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo.
February 12 » Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970, is exiled from the Soviet Union.
April 27 » Ten thousand march in Washington, D.C., calling for the impeachment of U.S. President Richard Nixon.
May 30 » The Airbus A300 passenger aircraft first enters service.
June 27 » U.S. president Richard Nixon visits the Soviet Union.
June 30 » The Baltimore municipal strike of 1974 begins.
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