The temperature on April 10, 1915 was between 2.1 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
April 18 » French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.
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 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 » Three trains collide in the Quintinshill rail disaster near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246.
July 16 » Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
October 14 » World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.
Day of death February 1, 1977
The temperature on February 1, 1977 was between -4.7 °C and 2.6 °C and averaged -1.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
April 22 » Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic.
July 4 » The George Jackson Brigade plants a bomb at the main power substation for the Washington state capitol in Olympia, in solidarity with a prison strike at the Walla Walla State Penitentiary Intensive Security Unit.
September 10 » Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torture and murder, is the last person to be executed by guillotine in France.
November 22 » British Airways inaugurates a regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.
December 1 » Pinwheel is launched, which is now Nickelodeon.
December 25 » Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with its president Anwar Sadat.
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