The temperature on September 23, 1914 was between 5.1 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (86%). 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.
May 30 » The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMSAquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
August 15 » The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SSAncon.
September 17 » World War I: The Race to the Sea begins.
November 2 » World War I: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire and the Dardanelles are subsequently closed.
November 5 » World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire.
December 24 » World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.
Day of marriage January 26, 1938
The temperature on January 26, 1938 was between 1.9 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 7.7 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 4 » Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Armed Forces High Command.
March 12 » Anschluss: German troops occupy and absorb Austria.
April 25 » U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.
July 3 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
September 21 » The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500–700 people.
October 30 » Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing anxiety in some of the audience in the United States.
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