The temperature on August 2, 1914 was between 13.7 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 13.2 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 4 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.
January 1 » The SPT Airboat Line becomes the world's first scheduled airline to use a winged aircraft.
March 8 » First flights (for the Royal Thai Air Force) at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok.
August 29 » World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.
August 30 » World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg.
September 5 » World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.
September 9 » World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
Day of death April 7, 2001
The temperature on April 7, 2001 was between 6.3 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 18 » Sampit conflict: Inter-ethnic violence between Dayaks and Madurese breaks out in Sampit, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, ultimately resulting in more than 500 deaths and 100,000 Madurese displaced from their homes.
June 15 » Leaders of the People's Republic of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan formed the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
June 23 » The 8.4 Mw southern Peru earthquake shakes coastal Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A destructive tsunami followed, leaving at least 74 people dead, and 2,687 injured.
October 8 » U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.
November 12 » War in Afghanistan: Taliban forces abandon Kabul, ahead of advancing Afghan Northern Alliance troops.
December 12 » Prime Minister of Vietnam Phan Văn Khải announces the decision on upgrading the Phong Nha–Kẻ Bàng nature reserve to a national park, providing information on projects for the conservation and development of the park and revised maps.
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