The temperature on April 21, 1914 was between 3.5 °C and 24.6 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
March 1 » The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union.
August 3 » World War I: Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality.
September 17 » World War I: The Race to the Sea begins.
October 5 » World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire.
October 9 » World War I: The Siege of Antwerp comes to an end.
October 29 » Ottoman entry into World War I.
Day of marriage July 14, 1937
The temperature on July 14, 1937 was between 13.6 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 11 » The Flint sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers trade union.
June 15 » A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.
June 30 » The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
July 5 » Spam, the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation.
July 7 » The Peel Commission Report recommends the partition of Palestine, which was the first formal recommendation for partition in the history of Palestine.
December 11 » Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.
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