The temperature on September 5, 1914 was between 5.9 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
May 17 » The Protocol of Corfu is signed, recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty.
August 3 » World War I: Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality.
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 3 » French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
September 8 » World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
November 7 » The German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtao are captured by Japanese forces.
Day of marriage May 27, 1942
The temperature on May 27, 1942 was between 9.5 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
April 8 » World War II: The Japanese take Bataan in the Philippines.
May 3 » World War II: Japanese naval troops invade Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands during the first part of Operation Mo that results in the Battle of the Coral Sea between Japanese forces and forces from the United States and Australia.
June 21 » World War II: Tobruk falls to Italian and German forces.
July 23 » World War II: The German offensives Operation Edelweiss and Operation Braunschweig begin.
August 16 » World War II: A naval L-class blimp drifts in from the Pacific and eventually crashes in Daly City, California. The two-man crew cannot be found.
October 28 » The Alaska Highway first connects Alaska to the North American railway network at Dawson Creek in Canada.
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