The temperature on August 27, 1916 was between 14.3 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 7.8 mm of rain. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
February 25 » In the Battle of Verdun, a German unit captures Fort Douaumont, keystone of the French defences, without a fight.
April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun: German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
April 10 » The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
May 6 » Twenty-one Lebanese nationalists are executed in Martyrs' Square, Beirut by Djemal Pasha.
August 17 » World War I: Romania signs a secret treaty with the Entente Powers. According to the treaty, Romania agreed to join the war on the Allied side.
September 6 » The first self-service grocery store Piggly Wiggly was opened in Memphis, Tennessee by Clarence Saunders.
Day of death May 3, 1980
The temperature on May 3, 1980 was between 3.6 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (79%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
January 21 » Iran Air Flight 291 crashes in the Alborz Mountains while on approach to Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran, Iran, killing 128 people.
May 9 » In Norco, California, five masked gunmen hold up a Security Pacific bank, leading to a violent shoot-out and one of the largest pursuits in California history. Two of the gunmen and one police officer are killed and thirty-three police and civilian vehicles are destroyed in the chase.
July 29 » Iran adopts a new "holy" flag after the Islamic Revolution.
October 10 » The 7.1 Mw El Asnam earthquake shakes northern Algeria, killing 2,633 and injuring 8,369.
November 12 » The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest approach to Saturn and takes the first images of its rings.
December 8 » Former Beatle John Lennon is murdered in front of The Dakota in New York City.
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