May 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
June 3 » The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
November 15 » Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.
November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.
Day of death August 14, 1945
The temperature on August 14, 1945 was between 14.2 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 10.6 mm of rain during 6.2 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
February 9 » World War II: A force of Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attacked a German destroyer in Førdefjorden, Norway.
February 13 » World War II: The siege of Budapest concludes with the unconditional surrender of German and Hungarian forces to the Red Army.
May 1 » World War II: Up to 2,500 people die in a mass suicide in Demmin following the advance of the Red Army.
May 2 » World War II: The surrender of Caserta comes into effect, by which German troops in Italy cease fighting.
September 5 » Cold War: Igor Gouzenko, a Soviet Union embassy clerk, defects to Canada, exposing Soviet espionage in North America, signalling the beginning of the Cold War.
September 11 » World War II: Australian 9th Division forces liberate the Japanese-run Batu Lintang camp, a POW and civilian internment camp on the island of Borneo.
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