The temperature on January 31, 1914 was between 0.8 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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.
May 29 » The Ocean liner RMSEmpress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
July 11 » Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
August 15 » A servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright murders seven people and sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin.
September 1 » St. Petersburg, Russia, changes its name to Petrograd.
November 13 » Zaian War: Berber tribesmen inflict the heaviest defeat of French forces in Morocco at the Battle of El Herri.
November 16 » The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.
Day of marriage October 8, 1935
The temperature on October 8, 1935 was between 4.3 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 21 » Shah of Iran Reza Shah Pahlavi formally asks the international community to call Persia by its native name, Iran.
April 14 » The Black Sunday dust storm, considered one of the worst storms of the Dust Bowl, swept across the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles and neighboring areas.
June 3 » One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa.
September 15 » Nazi Germany adopts a new national flag bearing the swastika.
November 9 » The Congress of Industrial Organizations is founded in Atlantic City, New Jersey, by eight trade unions belonging to the American Federation of Labor.
November 24 » The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its second congress.
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