The temperature on April 10, 1916 was between 0.5 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
February 24 » The Governor-General of Korea establishes a clinic called Jahyewon in Sorokdo to segregate Hansen's disease patients.
March 9 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against the border town of Columbus, New Mexico.
September 6 » The first self-service grocery store Piggly Wiggly was opened in Memphis, Tennessee by Clarence Saunders.
September 19 » World War I: During the East African Campaign, colonial forces of the Belgian Congo (Force Publique) under the command of Charles Tombeur capture the town of Tabora after heavy fighting.
October 16 » Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States.
December 30 » The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.
Day of death June 11, 1943
The temperature on June 11, 1943 was between 10.4 °C and 26.4 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
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 31 » World War II: German Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus surrenders to the Soviets at Stalingrad, followed 2 days later by the remainder of his Sixth Army, ending one of the war's fiercest battles.
April 5 » World War II: American bomber aircraft accidentally cause more than 900 civilian deaths, including 209 children, and 1,300 wounded among the civilian population of the Belgian town of Mortsel. Their target was the Erla factory one kilometer from the residential area hit.
June 3 » In Los Angeles, California, white U.S. Navy sailors and Marines clash with Latino youths in the Zoot Suit Riots.
October 5 » Ninety-eight American POWs are executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island.
October 6 » World War II: Thirteen civilians are burnt alive by a paramilitary group in Crete.
October 21 » World War II: The Provisional Government of Free India is formally established in Japanese-occupied Singapore.
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