The temperature on December 25, 1916 was between 0.1 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 7.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
February 21 » World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
June 3 » The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
August 2 » World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.
August 14 » Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary.
November 7 » Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
December 30 » The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.
Day of death April 5, 1970
The temperature on April 5, 1970 was between -0.8 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
April 12 » Soviet submarine K-8, carrying four nuclear torpedoes, sinks in the Bay of Biscay four days after a fire on board.
August 17 » Venera program: Venera 7 launched. It will later become the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet (Venus).
August 26 » A new feminist movement leads a nationwide Women's Strike for Equality.
October 2 » An aircraft carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado, killing 31 people.
October 8 » Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wins the Nobel Prize in literature.
October 12 » Vietnam War: Vietnamization continues as President Nixon announces that the United States will withdraw 40,000 more troops before Christmas.
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