The temperature on February 27, 1914 was between -1.1 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) 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.
July 11 » Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
August 12 » World War I: The United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary; the countries of the British Empire follow suit.
August 14 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Lorraine, an unsuccessful French offensive designed to recover the lost province of Moselle from Germany.
August 15 » The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SSAncon.
August 23 » World War I: The British Expeditionary Force and the French Fifth Army begin their Great Retreat before the German Army.
December 25 » A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.
Day of marriage September 16, 1949
The temperature on September 16, 1949 was between 12.1 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 9.7 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
March 25 » More than 92,000 kulaks are suddenly deported from the Baltic states to Siberia.
May 20 » In the United States, the Armed Forces Security Agency, the predecessor to the National Security Agency, is established.
October 7 » The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.
October 14 » The Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders in the United States convicts eleven defendants of conspiring to advocate the violent overthrow of the federal government.
December 4 » Sir Duncan George Stewart was fatally stabbed by Rosli Dhobi, a member leader of the Rukun 13, in Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia during the British crown colony era in that state.
December 7 » Chinese Civil War: The Government of the Republic of China moves from Nanking to Taipei, Taiwan.
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