The temperature on June 25, 1916 was between 10.6 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 3 » The Centre Block of the Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada burns down with the loss of 7 lives.
May 31 » World War I: Battle of Jutland: The British Grand Fleet engages the High Seas Fleet in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive.
June 1 » Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
August 28 » World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.
December 30 » Russian mystic and advisor to the Tsar Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was murdered by a loyalist group led by Prince Felix Yusupov. His frozen, partially-trussed body was discovered in a Moscow river three days later.
December 30 » The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.
Day of marriage December 11, 1937
The temperature on December 11, 1937 was between -1.7 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
February 16 » Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
March 2 » The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.
May 12 » The Duke and Duchess of York are crowned as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Westminster Abbey.
May 21 » A Soviet station, North Pole-1, becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean.
September 10 » Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.
December 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: Japanese troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Asaka Yasuhiko launch an assault on the Chinese city of Nanjing (Nanking).
Day of death August 28, 2000
The temperature on August 28, 2000 was between 9.3 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
May 7 » Vladimir Putin is inaugurated as president of Russia.
May 24 » Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.
May 25 » Liberation Day of Lebanon: Israel withdraws its army from Lebanese territory (with the exception of the disputed Shebaa farms zone) 18 years after the invasion of 1982.
September 14 » Microsoft releases Windows ME.
October 17 » The Hatfield rail crash leads to the collapse of Railtrack.
November 30 » NASA launches STS-97, the 101st Space Shuttle mission.
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