The temperature on December 31, 1916 was between 5.8 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
February 27 » Ocean liner SS Maloja strikes a mine near Dover and sinks with the loss of 155 lives.
April 10 » The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
May 6 » Twenty-one Lebanese nationalists are executed in Martyrs' Square, Beirut by Djemal Pasha.
June 3 » The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
June 29 » British diplomat turned Irish nationalist Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
August 29 » The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.
Day of marriage February 3, 1937
The temperature on February 3, 1937 was between 7.1 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
June 11 » Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
June 14 » Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) state of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday.
June 30 » The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
August 13 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Shanghai begins.
August 14 » The beginning of air-to-air combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in general, when six Japanese bombers are shot down by Chinese fighters while raiding Chinese air bases.
October 11 » The Duke and Duchess of Windsor tour Nazi Germany for 12 days and meet Adolf Hitler on the 22nd.
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