The temperature on June 12, 1916 was between 6.5 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 15.6 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 6 » Vietnamese Emperor Duy Tân is captured while calling upon the people to rise up against the French, and is later deposed and exiled to Réunion island.
June 30 » World War I: In "the day Sussex died", elements of the Royal Sussex Regiment take heavy casualties in the Battle of the Boar's Head at Richebourg-l'Avoué in France.
August 16 » The Migratory Bird Treaty between Canada and the United States is signed.
August 25 » The United States National Park Service is created.
August 29 » The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.
October 7 » Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
Day of marriage August 18, 1941
The temperature on August 18, 1941 was between 11.6 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
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.
January 6 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech in the State of the Union address.
January 29 » Alexandros Koryzis becomes Prime Minister of Greece upon the sudden death of his predecessor, dictator Ioannis Metaxas.
March 27 » World War II: Yugoslav Air Force officers topple the pro-Axis government in a bloodless coup.
November 25 » HMSBarham is sunk by a German torpedo during World War II.
December 5 » World War II: Great Britain declares war on Finland, Hungary and Romania.
December 19 » World War II: Limpet mines placed by Italian divers heavily damage HMSValiant and HMSQueen Elizabeth in Alexandria harbour.
Day of death March 3, 1945
The temperature on March 3, 1945 was between 0.6 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
February 4 » World War II: Santo Tomas Internment Camp is liberated from Japanese authority.
February 14 » World War II: On the first day of the bombing of Dresden, the British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces begin fire-bombing Dresden.
March 9 » World War II: A coup d'état by Japanese forces in French Indochina removes the French from power.
April 4 » World War II: Soviet troops liberate Hungary from German occupation and occupy the country themselves.
April 27 » World War II: The last German formations withdraw from Finland to Norway. The Lapland War and thus, World War II in Finland, comes to an end and the Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn photograph is taken.
April 29 » World War II: The Surrender of Caserta is signed by the commander of German forces in Italy.
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