The temperature on August 7, 1915 was between 14.2 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 31 » World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in the Battle of Bolimów against Russia.
February 12 » In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
May 24 » World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the conflict on the side of the Allies.
June 29 » The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.
July 25 » RFC Captain Lanoe Hawker becomes the first British pursuit aviator to earn the Victoria Cross.
August 29 » US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.
Day of marriage September 10, 1937
The temperature on September 10, 1937 was between 5.2 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 11.1 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
February 16 » Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
April 1 » Spanish Civil War: Jaén, Spain is bombed by German fascist forces, supporting Francoist Nationalists.
May 21 » A Soviet station, North Pole-1, becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean.
June 3 » The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
August 14 » The beginning of air-to-air combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in general, when six Japanese bombers are shot down by Chinese fighters while raiding Chinese air bases.
December 16 » Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempt to escape from the American federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay; neither is ever seen again.
Day of death August 23, 1999
The temperature on August 23, 1999 was between 6.9 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (74%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
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