The temperature on May 21, 1916 was between 8.8 °C and 24.9 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 12 » Both Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann, for achieving eight aerial victories each over Allied aircraft, receive the German Empire's highest military award, the Pour le Mérite as the first German aviators to earn it.
January 24 » In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
February 29 » Child labor: In South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill, and mine workers is raised from 12 to 14 years old.
June 3 » The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
July 7 » The New Zealand Labour Party was founded in Wellington.
September 19 » World War I: During the East African Campaign, colonial forces of the Belgian Congo (Force Publique) under the command of Charles Tombeur capture the town of Tabora after heavy fighting.
Day of marriage August 26, 1947
The temperature on August 26, 1947 was between 13.0 °C and 26.7 °C and averaged 20.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
February 10 » The Paris Peace Treaties are signed by Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Finland and the Allies of World War II.
February 21 » In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
February 23 » International Organization for Standardization is founded.
May 22 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece.
September 30 » The 1947 World Series is the first to be televised, to include an African-American player, to exceed $2 million in receipts, to see a pinch-hit home run, and to have six umpires on the field.
October 1 » The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
Day of death June 7, 1965
The temperature on June 7, 1965 was between 6.6 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
March 6 » Premier Tom Playford of South Australia loses power after 27 years in office.
May 18 » Israeli spy Eli Cohen is hanged in Damascus, Syria.
June 19 » Nguyễn Cao Kỳ becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam at the head of a military junta; General Nguyễn Văn Thiệu becomes the figurehead chief of state.
November 2 » Norman Morrison, a 31-year-old Quaker, sets himself on fire in front of the river entrance to the Pentagon to protest the use of napalm in the Vietnam war.
November 14 » Vietnam War: The Battle of Ia Drang begins: The first major engagement between regular American and North Vietnamese forces.
December 16 » Vietnam War: General William Westmoreland sends U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara a request for 243,000 more men by the end of 1966.
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