The temperature on March 17, 1914 was between 2.8 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 1 » The SPT Airboat Line becomes the world's first scheduled airline to use a winged aircraft.
January 5 » The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and minimum daily wage of $5 in salary plus bonuses.
April 23 » First baseball game at Wrigley Field, then known as Weeghman Park, in Chicago.
August 12 » World War I: The Battle of Halen a.k.a. Battle of the Silver Helmets a clash between large Belgian and German cavalry formations at Halen, Belgium.
August 30 » World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg.
October 19 » First World War: The First Battle of Ypres begins.
Day of marriage January 7, 1944
The average temperature on January 7, 1944 was 5.5 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
June 13 » World War II: The Battle of Villers-Bocage: German tank ace Michael Wittmann ambushes elements of the British 7th Armoured Division, destroying up to fourteen tanks, fifteen personnel carriers and two anti-tank guns in a Tiger I tank.
June 15 » World War II: The United States invades Saipan, capital of Japan's South Seas Mandate.
June 25 » The final page of the comic Krazy Kat is published, exactly two months after its author George Herriman died.
June 30 » World War II: The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces.
September 6 » World War II: Soviet forces capture the city of Tartu, Estonia.
October 5 » The Provisional Government of the French Republic enfranchises women.
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