The temperature on July 1, 1914 was between 14.7 °C and 29.8 °C and averaged 23.2 °C. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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.
August 24 » World War I: German troops capture Namur.
August 26 » World War I: The German colony of Togoland surrenders to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign.
August 29 » World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.
September 11 » World War I: Australia invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.
November 7 » The first issue of The New Republic is published.
November 28 » World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.
Day of marriage September 15, 1937
The temperature on September 15, 1937 was between 6.9 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 15 » Spanish Civil War: Nationalists and Republican both withdraw after suffering heavy losses, ending the Second Battle of the Corunna Road.
March 18 » Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara.
April 12 » Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England.
May 28 » Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer is founded.
October 11 » The Duke and Duchess of Windsor tour Nazi Germany for 12 days and meet Adolf Hitler on the 22nd.
December 22 » The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City.
Day of death December 20, 2001
The temperature on December 20, 2001 was between -2.1 °C and 4.4 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 26 » The 7.7 Mw Gujarat earthquake shakes Western India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), leaving 13,805–20,023 dead and about 166,800 injured.
April 1 » Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands, the first contemporary country to allow it.
May 1 » Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declares the existence of "a state of rebellion", hours after thousands of supporters of her arrested predecessor, Joseph Estrada, storm towards the presidential palace at the height of the EDSA III rebellion.
June 11 » Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
October 19 » SIEV X, an Indonesian fishing boat en route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 migrants, sinks in international waters with the loss of 353 people.
December 13 » Sansad Bhavan, the building housing the Indian Parliament, is attacked by terrorists. Twelve people are killed, including the terrorists.
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