The temperature on January 21, 1914 was between -6.2 °C and 1.4 °C and averaged -1.4 °C. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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.
February 26 » HMHSBritannic, sister to the RMSTitanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
May 29 » The Ocean liner RMSEmpress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
August 23 » World War I: Japan declares war on Germany.
August 24 » World War I: German troops capture Namur.
August 25 » World War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.
December 8 » World War I: A squadron of Britain's Royal Navy defeats the Imperial German East Asia Squadron in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
Day of death April 1, 1997
The temperature on April 1, 1997 was between 0.9 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (94%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
January 23 » Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State.
March 18 » The tail of a Russian Antonov An-24 charter plane breaks off while en route to Turkey causing the plane to crash and killing all 50 people on board.
June 25 » The National Hockey League approved expansion franchises for Nashville (1998), Atlanta (1999), Columbus (2000), and Minneapolis-Saint Paul (2000).
September 19 » The Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria kills 53 people.
September 26 » A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A300 crashes near Medan airport, killing 234.
December 6 » A Russian Antonov An-124 Ruslan cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near Irkutsk, Siberia, killing 67.
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