The temperature on April 4, 1913 was between 4.4 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
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 3 » An Atlantic coast storm sets the lowest confirmed barometric pressure reading for a non-tropical system in the continental United States.
February 5 » Greek military aviators, Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis perform the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane.
March 21 » Over 360 are killed and 20,000 homes destroyed in the Great Dayton Flood in Dayton, Ohio.
May 30 » The Treaty of London is signed, ending the First Balkan War; Albania becomes an independent nation.
June 19 » Natives Land Act, 1913 in South Africa implemented.
August 28 » Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
Day of death August 8, 1988
The temperature on August 8, 1988 was between 15.5 °C and 25.6 °C and averaged 19.9 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 12 » Cold War: The 1988 Black Sea bumping incident: The U.S. missile cruiser USSYorktown(CG-48) is intentionally rammed by the Soviet frigate Bezzavetnyy in the Soviet territorial waters, while Yorktown claims innocent passage.
April 25 » In Israel, John Demjanjuk is sentenced to death for war crimes committed in World War II.
May 15 » Soviet–Afghan War: After more than eight years of fighting, the Soviet Army begins to withdraw 115,000 troops from Afghanistan.
November 8 » U.S. Vice President George H. W. Bush is elected as the 41st president.
December 1 » World AIDS Day was proclaimed worldwide by the UN member states.
December 12 » The Clapham Junction rail crash kills thirty-five and injures hundreds after two collisions of three commuter trains—one of the worst train crashes in the United Kingdom.
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