The temperature on March 26, 1917 was between 1.2 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 6.3 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 22 » World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
June 5 » World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".
June 11 » King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, abdicates under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens.
October 31 » World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".
November 5 » Tikhon is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.
November 7 » World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ends: British forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.
Day of marriage July 5, 1941
The temperature on July 5, 1941 was between 7.1 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
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.
February 5 » World War II: Allied forces begin the Battle of Keren to capture Keren, Eritrea.
August 15 » Corporal Josef Jakobs is executed by firing squad at the Tower of London at 07:12, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower for espionage.
September 1 » The Nazis execute 2,500 Jews by shooting in Ostroh, Ukraine.
September 27 » The Greek National Liberation Front is established with Georgios Siantos as acting leader.
November 12 » World War II: The Soviet cruiserChervona Ukraina is destroyed during the Battle of Sevastopol.
November 19 » World War II: Battle between HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran. The two ships sink each other off the coast of Western Australia, with the loss of 645 Australians and about 77 German seamen.
Day of death January 21, 1995
The temperature on January 21, 1995 was between 4.3 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (36%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
February 28 » Former Australian Liberal party leader John Hewson resigns from the Australian parliament almost two years after losing the 1993 Australian federal election.
August 15 » In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet matriculated at The Citadel (she drops out less than a week later).
October 9 » An Amtrak Sunset Limited train is derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona.
October 27 » Former Prime Minister of Italy Bettino Craxi is convicted in absentia of corruption.
November 12 » Erdut Agreement regarding the peaceful resolution to the Croatian War of Independence was reached.
December 21 » The city of Bethlehem passes from Israeli to Palestinian control.
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