The temperature on July 30, 1916 was between 9.6 °C and 25.5 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 3 » The Centre Block of the Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada burns down with the loss of 7 lives.
August 5 » World War I: Battle of Romani: Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai Peninsula.
September 17 » World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.
October 7 » Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
November 21 » Mines from SM U-73 sink the HMHS Britannic, the largest ship lost in the First World War.
December 30 » The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.
Day of death May 26, 1944
The temperature on May 26, 1944 was between 11.7 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
August 2 » ASNOM: Birth of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, celebrated as Day of the Republic in North Macedonia.
August 25 » World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies.
September 11 » World War II: RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill 11,500.
September 18 » World War II: The British submarine HMSTradewind torpedoes Jun'yō Maru, killing 5,600, mostly slave labourers and POWs.
December 17 » World War II: Battle of the Bulge: Malmedy massacre: American 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion POWs are shot by Waffen-SS Kampfgruppe Joachim Peiper.
December 31 » World War II: Hungary declares war on Nazi Germany.
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