The temperature on August 3, 1916 was between 11.4 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
April 8 » In Corona, California, race car driver Bob Burman crashes, killing three (including himself), and badly injuring five spectators.
April 24 » Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance.
June 10 » The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire was declared by Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca.
August 25 » The United States National Park Service is created.
November 21 » Mines from SM U-73 sink the HMHS Britannic, the largest ship lost in the First World War.
December 30 » The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.
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