The temperature on February 17, 1916 was between 1.4 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong 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.
January 12 » Both Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann, for achieving eight aerial victories each over Allied aircraft, receive the German Empire's highest military award, the Pour le Mérite as the first German aviators to earn it.
April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun: German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
June 4 » World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.
October 16 » Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States.
November 21 » Mines from SM U-73 sink the HMHS Britannic, the largest ship lost in the First World War.
November 30 » Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty.
Day of marriage May 4, 1943
The temperature on May 4, 1943 was between 3.9 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
February 23 » Greek Resistance: The United Panhellenic Organization of Youth is founded in Greece.
March 6 » World War II: The Battle of Fardykambos, one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army, ends with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion, the bulk of the garrison of the town of Grevena, leading to its liberation a fortnight later.
June 20 » The Detroit race riot breaks out and continues for three more days.
September 7 » World War II: The German 17th Army begins its evacuation of the Kuban bridgehead (Taman Peninsula) in southern Russia and moves across the Strait of Kerch to the Crimea.
October 21 » World War II: The Provisional Government of Free India is formally established in Japanese-occupied Singapore.
November 25 » World War II: Statehood of Bosnia and Herzegovina is re-established at the State Anti-fascist Council for the National Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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