The temperature on May 30, 1914 was between 6.5 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 13.1 °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.
August 2 » The German occupation of Luxembourg during World War I begins.
August 21 » World War I: The Battle of Charleroi, a successful German attack across the River Sambre that pre-empted a French offensive in the same area.
August 23 » World War I: The British Expeditionary Force and the French Fifth Army begin their Great Retreat before the German Army.
August 25 » World War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.
August 30 » World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg.
November 26 » HMS Bulwark was destroyed by a large internal explosion with the loss of 741 men near Sheerness.
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.
January 5 » The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and minimum daily wage of $5 in salary plus bonuses.
May 30 » The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMSAquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
September 9 » World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
November 28 » World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.
December 23 » World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.
December 25 » A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.
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