The temperature on September 3, 1916 was between 12.7 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 27 » Ocean liner SS Maloja strikes a mine near Dover and sinks with the loss of 155 lives.
June 29 » British diplomat turned Irish nationalist Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
August 14 » Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary.
August 28 » World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.
September 15 » World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
October 7 » Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
Day of death February 4, 2014
The temperature on February 4, 2014 was between 2.3 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
February 22 » President Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine is impeached by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by a vote of 328–0, fulfilling a major goal of the Euromaidan rebellion.
March 20 » Four suspected Taliban members attack the Kabul Serena Hotel, killing at least nine people.
March 27 » Philippines signs a peace accord with the largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, ending decades of conflict.
June 14 » A Ukraine military Ilyushin Il-76 airlifter is shot down, killing all 49 people on board.
June 23 » The last of Syria's declared chemical weapons are shipped out for destruction.
December 10 » Palestinian minister Ziad Abu Ein was killed after the suppression of a demonstration by Israeli forces in the village (Turmus'ayya) in Ramallah.
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