The temperature on April 15, 1914 was between 3.7 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
March 8 » First flights (for the Royal Thai Air Force) at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok.
August 25 » World War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.
September 5 » World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.
September 17 » World War I: The Race to the Sea begins.
October 29 » Ottoman entry into World War I.
November 1 » World War I: The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) departed by ship in a single convoy from Albany, Western Australia bound for Egypt.
Day of marriage August 18, 1937
The temperature on August 18, 1937 was between 13.1 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
April 30 » The Commonwealth of the Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.
May 6 » Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
May 7 » Spanish Civil War: The German Condor Legion, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist Francisco Franco's forces.
July 2 » Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
July 24 » Alabama drops rape charges against the "Scottsboro Boys".
October 11 » The Duke and Duchess of Windsor tour Nazi Germany for 12 days and meet Adolf Hitler on the 22nd.
Day of death August 23, 1942
The temperature on August 23, 1942 was between 11.3 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
March 26 » World War II: The first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland.
May 6 » World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese.
June 8 » World War II: The Japanese imperial submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle.
July 16 » Holocaust: Vel' d'Hiv Roundup (Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv): The government of Vichy France orders the mass arrest of 13,152 Jews who are held at the Vélodrome d'Hiver in Paris before deportation to Auschwitz.
October 30 » World War II: Lt. Tony Fasson and Able Seaman Colin Grazier drown while taking code books from the sinking German submarine U-559.
November 15 » World War II: The Battle of Guadalcanal ends in a decisive Allied victory.
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