The temperature on August 18, 1914 was between 8.8 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
July 23 » Austria-Hungary issues a series of demands in an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia demanding Serbia to allow the Austrians to determine who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Serbia accepts all but one of those demands and Austria declares war on July 28.
August 5 » World War I: The German minelayer SSKönigin Luise lays a minefield about 40 miles (64km) off the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMSAmphion.
August 17 » World War I: Battle of Stallupönen: The German army of General Hermann von François defeats the Russian force commanded by Paul von Rennenkampf near modern-day Nesterov, Russia.
September 22 » A German submarine sinks three British cruisers over a seventy-minute period, killing almost 1500 sailors.
October 9 » World War I: The Siege of Antwerp comes to an end.
November 9 » SMSEmden is sunk by HMASSydney in the Battle of Cocos.
Day of marriage February 27, 1947
The temperature on February 27, 1947 was between -6.0 °C and 0.2 °C and averaged -1.8 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 22 » KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
February 28 » February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.
August 17 » The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed.
October 5 » President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.
November 17 » American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.
November 25 » Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.
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