The temperature on May 25, 1914 was between 5.8 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 13 » Copyright: In New York City the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members.
June 28 » Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo; this is the casus belli of World War I.
July 11 » USSNevada(BB-36) is launched.
August 5 » World War I: The German minelayer SSKönigin Luise lays a minefield about 40 miles (64km) off the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMSAmphion.
September 17 » World War I: The Race to the Sea begins.
October 19 » First World War: The First Battle of Ypres begins.
Day of marriage May 25, 1936
The temperature on May 25, 1936 was between 3.9 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 13.8 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
April 5 » Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi.
April 15 » First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
June 28 » The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.
August 31 » Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.
November 30 » In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
December 21 » First flight of the Junkers Ju 88 multi-role combat aircraft.
Day of death February 26, 1969
The temperature on February 26, 1969 was between -1.6 °C and 0.4 °C and averaged -0.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (7%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 19 » Student Jan Palach dies after setting himself on fire three days earlier in Prague's Wenceslas Square to protest about the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union in 1968. His funeral turns into another major protest.
April 3 » Vietnam War: United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize" the war effort.
April 9 » The first British-built Concorde 002 makes its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford.
May 16 » Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet space probe, lands on Venus.
December 4 » Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot and killed during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers.
December 17 » Project Blue Book: The United States Air Force closes its study of UFOs.
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