The temperature on August 14, 1914 was between 9.6 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 12.8 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 17 » The Protocol of Corfu is signed, recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty.
August 6 » World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
August 9 » Start of the Battle of Mulhouse, part of a French attempt to recover the province of Alsace and the first French offensive of World War I.
August 12 » World War I: The Battle of Halen a.k.a. Battle of the Silver Helmets a clash between large Belgian and German cavalry formations at Halen, Belgium.
August 24 » World War I: German troops capture Namur.
September 11 » World War I: Australia invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.
Day of marriage April 26, 1933
The temperature on April 26, 1933 was between 7.7 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
February 3 » Adolf Hitler announces that the expansion of Lebensraum into Eastern Europe, and its ruthless Germanisation, are the ultimate geopolitical objectives of Third Reich foreign policy.
March 6 » Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a "bank holiday", closing all U.S. banks and freezing all financial transactions.
April 4 » U.S. Navy airship USSAkron is wrecked off the New Jersey coast due to severe weather.
September 8 » Ghazi bin Faisal became King of Iraq.
October 14 » Germany withdraws from the League of Nations and World Disarmament Conference.
November 17 » The United States recognizes the Soviet Union.
Day of death October 30, 1938
The temperature on October 30, 1938 was between -1.7 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
February 4 » Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Armed Forces High Command.
April 30 » The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny.
May 25 » Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
June 24 » Pieces of a meteorite land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded.
October 30 » Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing anxiety in some of the audience in the United States.
November 1 » Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.
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