The temperature on May 30, 1914 was between 6.2 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
January 1 » The SPT Airboat Line becomes the world's first scheduled airline to use a winged aircraft.
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.
August 29 » World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.
September 3 » French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
September 9 » World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
Christening day October 15, 1914
The temperature on October 15, 1914 was between 7.9 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
February 13 » Copyright: In New York City the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members.
May 25 » The House of Commons of the United Kingdom passes the Home Rule Bill for devolution in Ireland.
July 4 » The funeral of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie takes place in Vienna, six days after their assassinations in Sarajevo.
August 25 » World War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.
September 26 » The United States Federal Trade Commission is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
November 28 » World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.
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