The temperature on July 31, 1914 was between 12.4 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
January 5 » The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and minimum daily wage of $5 in salary plus bonuses.
June 12 » Massacre of Phocaea: Turkish irregulars slaughter 50 to 100 Greeks and expel thousands of others in an ethnic cleansing operation in the Ottoman Empire.
August 20 » World War I: Brussels is captured during the German invasion of Belgium.
September 11 » World War I: Australia invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.
November 9 » SMSEmden is sunk by HMASSydney in the Battle of Cocos.
November 26 » HMS Bulwark was destroyed by a large internal explosion with the loss of 741 men near Sheerness.
Day of marriage August 16, 1935
The temperature on August 16, 1935 was between 9.1 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 28 » Iceland becomes the first Western country to legalize therapeutic abortion.
February 13 » A jury in Flemington, New Jersey finds Bruno Hauptmann guilty of the 1932 kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby, the son of Charles Lindbergh.
March 16 » Adolf Hitler orders Germany to rearm herself in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Conscription is reintroduced to form the Wehrmacht.
October 3 » Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italy invades Ethiopia.
October 19 » The League of Nations places economic sanctions on Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia.
December 12 » Lebensborn Project, a Nazi reproduction program, is founded by Heinrich Himmler.
Day of death March 25, 1968
The temperature on March 25, 1968 was between 6.1 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 17 » In Springfield, Massachusetts, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame opens.
April 20 » English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial "Rivers of Blood" speech.
September 24 » First episode of 60 Minutes airs on television.
November 22 » The Beatles release The Beatles (known popularly as The White Album).
December 20 » The Zodiac Killer kills Betty Lou Jenson and David Faraday in Vallejo, California.
December 25 » Apollo program: Apollo 8 performs the first successful Trans-Earth injection (TEI) maneuver, sending the crew and spacecraft on a trajectory back to Earth from Lunar orbit.
Day of burial March 29, 1968
The temperature on March 29, 1968 was between 6.8 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (81%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 13 » Johnny Cash performs live at Folsom State Prison.
January 31 » Vietnam War: Viet Cong guerrillas attack the United States embassy in Saigon, and other attacks, in the early morning hours, later grouped together as the Tet Offensive.
July 18 » Intel is founded in Mountain View, California.
September 11 » Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and six crew.
October 22 » Apollo program: Apollo 7 safely splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean after orbiting the Earth 163 times.
December 16 » Second Vatican Council: Official revocation of the Edict of Expulsion of Jews from Spain.
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