The temperature on September 25, 1916 was between 4.0 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 29 » World War I: Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins.
February 25 » In the Battle of Verdun, a German unit captures Fort Douaumont, keystone of the French defences, without a fight.
February 29 » Child labor: In South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill, and mine workers is raised from 12 to 14 years old.
April 10 » The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
April 24 » Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic.
August 27 » World War I: The Kingdom of Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering the war as one of the Allied nations.
Day of marriage August 27, 1947
The temperature on August 27, 1947 was between 12.8 °C and 25.2 °C and averaged 19.6 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 15 » The Black Dahlia murder: the dismembered corpse of Elizabeth Short was found in Los Angeles.
April 30 » In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
May 31 » Ferenc Nagy, the democratically elected Prime Minister of Hungary, resigns from office after blackmail from the Hungarian Communist Party accusing him of being part of a plot against the state. This grants the Communists effective control of the Hungarian government.
August 17 » The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed.
October 22 » The Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan begins, having started just after the partition of India.
November 29 » First Indochina War: French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam.
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