The temperature on April 3, 1915 was between 5.0 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 8 » D. W. Griffith's controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles.
February 12 » In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
March 18 » World War I: During the Battle of Gallipoli, three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.
March 20 » Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
July 25 » RFC Captain Lanoe Hawker becomes the first British pursuit aviator to earn the Victoria Cross.
September 12 » French soldiers rescue over 4,000 Armenian Genocide survivors stranded on Musa Dagh.
Day of marriage August 3, 1950
The temperature on August 3, 1950 was between 11.0 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 34.2 mm of rain during 12.5 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
March 7 » Cold War: The Soviet Union issues a statement denying that Klaus Fuchs served as a Soviet spy.
July 5 » Zionism: The Knesset passes the Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to Israel.
October 21 » Korean War: Heavy fighting begins between British and Australian forces against the North Koreans during the Battle of Yongju.
November 19 » US General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes Supreme Commander of NATO-Europe.
December 9 » Cold War: Harry Gold is sentenced to 30 years in jail for helping Klaus Fuchs pass information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union. His testimony is later instrumental in the prosecution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
December 16 » Korean War: In response to China's Second Phase Offensive, U.S. President Harry S. Truman declares a limited state of emergency.
Day of death August 2, 1990
The temperature on August 2, 1990 was between 14.4 °C and 31.2 °C and averaged 23.8 °C. There was 14.1 hours of sunshine (91%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 1 » David Dinkins is sworn in as New York City's first black mayor.
June 19 » The current international law defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, is ratified for the first time by Norway.
July 1 » German reunification: East Germany accepts the Deutsche Mark as its currency, thus uniting the economies of East and West Germany.
September 5 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers slaughter 158 civilians.
September 9 » Batticaloa massacre: Massacre of 184 Tamil civilians by the Sri Lankan Army in Batticaloa District.
November 2 » British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television plc merge to form BSkyB as a result of massive losses.
Day of cremation August 6, 1990
The temperature on August 6, 1990 was between 9.8 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 24 » Japan launches Hiten, the country's first lunar probe, the first robotic lunar probe since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 in 1976, and the first lunar probe launched by a country other than Soviet Union or the United States.
April 25 » Violeta Chamorro takes office as the President of Nicaragua, the first woman to hold the position.
August 8 » Iraq occupies Kuwait and the state is annexed to Iraq. This would lead to the Gulf War shortly afterward.
September 29 » Construction of the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) is completed in Washington, D.C.
October 5 » After 150 years The Herald newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.
October 13 » Syrian forces attack free areas of Lebanon, removing General Michel Aoun from the presidential palace.
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