The temperature on October 8, 1914 was between 3.1 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
June 23 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.
June 28 » Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo; this is the casus belli of World War I.
July 11 » Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
August 15 » World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I.
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.
Day of marriage February 9, 1932
The temperature on February 9, 1932 was between -4.0 °C and 2.0 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 12 » Hattie Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate.
May 12 » Ten weeks after his abduction, Charles Jr., the infant son of Charles Lindbergh, is found dead near Hopewell, New Jersey, just a few miles from the Lindberghs' home.
May 23 » In Brazil, four students are shot and killed during a manifestation against the Brazilian dictator Getúlio Vargas, which resulted in the outbreak of the Constitutionalist Revolution several weeks later.
July 31 » The NSDAP (Nazi Party) wins more than 38% of the vote in German elections.
September 23 » The unification of Saudi Arabia is completed.
September 24 » Gandhi and Dr. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the "Depressed Classes" (Untouchables).
Day of death August 29, 2001
The temperature on August 29, 2001 was between 7.8 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 12 » NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touches down in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.
March 4 » BBC bombing: A massive car bomb explodes in front of the BBC Television Centre in London, seriously injuring one person; the attack was attributed to the Real IRA.
June 23 » The 8.4 Mw southern Peru earthquake shakes coastal Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A destructive tsunami followed, leaving at least 74 people dead, and 2,687 injured.
July 17 » Concorde is brought back into service nearly a year after the July 2000 crash.
July 24 » Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the last Tsar of Bulgaria when he was a child, is sworn in as Prime Minister of Bulgaria, becoming the first monarch in history to regain political power through democratic election to a different office.
December 11 » The People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization (WTO).
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