The temperature on September 24, 1914 was between 3.9 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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.
August 20 » World War I: Brussels is captured during the German invasion of Belgium.
August 24 » World War I: The Battle of Cer ends as the first Allied victory in the war.
August 25 » World War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.
September 3 » William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
November 1 » World War I: The first British Royal Navy defeat of the war with Germany, the Battle of Coronel, is fought off of the western coast of Chile, in the Pacific, with the loss of HMSGood Hope and HMSMonmouth.
November 9 » SMSEmden is sunk by HMASSydney in the Battle of Cocos.
Day of marriage November 8, 1939
The temperature on November 8, 1939 was between 9.8 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
January 13 » The Black Friday bushfires burn 20,000 square kilometers of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.
January 14 » Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.
July 28 » The Sutton Hoo helmet is discovered.
September 6 » World War II: South Africa declares war on Nazi Germany.
September 18 » World War II: The radio show Germany Calling begins transmitting Nazi propaganda.
October 8 » World War II: Germany annexes western Poland.
Day of death November 20, 1985
The temperature on November 20, 1985 was between -3.8 °C and -1.8 °C and averaged -2.7 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 13 » A passenger train plunges into a ravine in Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in Africa.
June 15 » Rembrandt's painting Danaë is attacked by a man (later judged insane) who throws sulfuric acid on the canvas and cuts it twice with a knife.
June 17 » Space Shuttle program: STS-51-G mission: Space Shuttle Discovery launches carrying Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a payload specialist.
July 13 » Vice President George H. W. Bush becomes the Acting President for the day when President Ronald Reagan undergoes surgery to remove polyps from his colon.
September 19 » Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Center as Frank Zappa and other musicians testify at U.S. Congressional hearings on obscenity in rock music.
October 7 » Four men from the Palestine Liberation Front hijack the MSAchille Lauro off the coast of Egypt.
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