The temperature on August 12, 1914 was between 11.1 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 18.1 °C. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
May 29 » The Ocean liner RMSEmpress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
July 23 » Austria-Hungary issues a series of demands in an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia demanding Serbia to allow the Austrians to determine who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Serbia accepts all but one of those demands and Austria declares war on July 28.
August 3 » World War I: Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality.
September 5 » World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.
October 9 » World War I: The Siege of Antwerp comes to an end.
December 24 » World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.
Day of death September 22, 1997
The temperature on September 22, 1997 was between 5.1 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (94%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
May 11 » Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format.
May 16 » Mobutu Sese Seko, the President of Zaire, flees the country.
June 25 » An unmanned Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir.
July 19 » The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumes a ceasefire to end their 25-year paramilitary campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland.
July 23 » Digital Equipment Corporation files antitrust charges against chipmaker Intel.
November 27 » Twenty-five people are killed in the second Souhane massacre in Algeria.
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