The temperature on May 6, 1915 was between 9.9 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 22 » Over 600 people are killed in Guadalajara, Mexico, when a train plunges off the tracks into a deep canyon.
May 6 » Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run.
May 27 » HMS Princess Irene exploded and sank off Sheerness, Kent with the loss of 352 lives.
August 4 » World War I: The German 12th Army occupies Warsaw during the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive and the Great Retreat of 1915.
August 6 » World War I: Battle of Sari Bair: The Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay.
October 14 » World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.
Day of marriage July 26, 1945
The temperature on July 26, 1945 was between 11.0 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 23 » World War II: The 11th Airborne Division, with Filipino guerrillas, free all 2,147 captives of the Los Baños internment camp, in what General Colin Powell later would refer to as "the textbook airborne operation for all ages and all armies."
February 23 » World War II: The German town of Pforzheim is annihilated in a raid by 379 British bombers.
April 27 » World War II: Benito Mussolini is arrested by Italian partisans in Dongo, while attempting escape disguised as a German soldier.
May 6 » World War II: Axis Sally delivers her last propaganda broadcast to Allied troops.
September 30 » The Bourne End rail crash, in Hertfordshire, England, kills 43
November 20 » Nuremberg trials: Trials against 24 Nazi war criminals start at the Palace of Justice at Nuremberg.
Day of death May 8, 1991
The temperature on May 8, 1991 was between 5.5 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 15 » The United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from occupied Kuwait expires, preparing the way for the start of Operation Desert Storm.
May 26 » Lauda Air Flight 004 breaks apart in mid-air and crashes in the Phu Toei National Park in Thailand, killing all 223 people on board.
August 30 » Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Azerbaijan declares independence from Soviet Union.
September 19 » Ötzi the Iceman is discovered in the Alps on the border between Italy and Austria.
September 28 » The Strategic Air Command stands down from alert all ICBMs scheduled for deactivation under START I, as well as its strategic bomber force.
December 8 » The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sign an agreement dissolving the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Day of burial May 11, 1991
The temperature on May 11, 1991 was between 2.1 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 20 » Sudan's government imposes Islamic law nationwide, worsening the civil war between the country's Muslim north and Christian south.
February 27 » Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated".
April 29 » The 7.0 Mw Racha earthquake affects Georgia with a maximum MSK intensity of IX (Destructive), killing 270 people.
May 18 » Northern Somalia declares independence from the rest of Somalia as the Republic of Somaliland but is not recognized by the international community.
July 10 » Boris Yeltsin takes office as the first elected President of Russia.
September 17 » Estonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations.
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