The temperature on May 15, 1921 was between 10.9 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 27 » The International Working Union of Socialist Parties is founded in Vienna.
May 8 » The creation of the Communist Party of Romania.
July 11 » The Red Army captures Mongolia from the White Army and establishes the Mongolian People's Republic.
July 29 » Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
August 23 » British airship R-38 experiences structural failure over Hull in England and crashes in the Humber Estuary. Of her 49 British and American training crew, only four survive.
October 8 » KDKA in Pittsburgh's Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game.
Day of death January 15, 1941
The temperature on January 15, 1941 was between -7.5 °C and -0.1 °C and averaged -3.2 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
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.
January 6 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech in the State of the Union address.
March 4 » World War II: The United Kingdom launches Operation Claymore on the Lofoten Islands; the first large scale British Commando raid.
May 2 » Following the coup d'état against Iraq Crown Prince 'Abd al-Ilah earlier that year, the United Kingdom launches the Anglo-Iraqi War to restore him to power.
May 30 » World War II: Manolis Glezos and Apostolos Santas climb the Athenian Acropolis and tear down the German flag.
September 27 » The Greek National Liberation Front is established with Georgios Siantos as acting leader.
December 7 » World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The Imperial Japanese Navy carries out a surprise attack on the United States Pacific Fleet and its defending Army and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (For Japan's near-simultaneous attacks on Eastern Hemisphere targets, see December 8.)
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