The temperature on August 8, 1914 was between 8.6 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 17 » World War I: Battle of Stallupönen: The German army of General Hermann von François defeats the Russian force commanded by Paul von Rennenkampf near modern-day Nesterov, Russia.
August 25 » World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost.
September 11 » World War I: Australia invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.
October 5 » World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire.
November 15 » Harry Turner becomes the first player to die from game-related injuries in the "Ohio League", the direct predecessor to the National Football League.
December 25 » A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.
Day of death May 28, 1948
The temperature on May 28, 1948 was between 6.2 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
March 20 » With a Musicians Union ban lifted, the first telecasts of classical music in the United States, under Eugene Ormandy and Arturo Toscanini, are given on CBS and NBC.
April 30 » In Bogotá, Colombia, the Organization of American States is established.
May 18 » The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking.
October 5 » The Ashgabat earthquake kills between 10,000 and 110,000 people.
November 1 » Six thousand people die when a Chinese merchant ship explodes and sinks off southern Manchuria.
December 26 » Cardinal József Mindszenty is arrested in Hungary and accused of treason and conspiracy.
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