The temperature on March 22, 1914 was between 0.3 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
August 15 » A servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright murders seven people and sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin.
August 24 » World War I: The Battle of Cer ends as the first Allied victory in the war.
October 29 » Ottoman entry into World War I.
November 9 » SMSEmden is sunk by HMASSydney in the Battle of Cocos.
November 13 » Zaian War: Berber tribesmen inflict the heaviest defeat of French forces in Morocco at the Battle of El Herri.
December 15 » A gas explosion at Mitsubishi Hōjō coal mine, in Kyushu, Japan, kills 687.
Day of marriage April 5, 1935
The temperature on April 5, 1935 was between -1.4 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 10.6 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
July 28 » First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
September 15 » Nazi Germany adopts a new national flag bearing the swastika.
November 9 » The Congress of Industrial Organizations is founded in Atlantic City, New Jersey, by eight trade unions belonging to the American Federation of Labor.
December 12 » Lebensborn Project, a Nazi reproduction program, is founded by Heinrich Himmler.
December 17 » First flight of the Douglas DC-3.
December 18 » The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is founded in Ceylon.
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