The temperature on October 1, 1914 was between 7.6 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 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.
August 26 » World War I: During the retreat from Mons, the British II Corps commanded by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien fought a vigorous and successful defensive action at Le Cateau.
August 28 » World War I: German troops take the city of Namur in Belgium.
September 3 » French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
September 17 » World War I: The Race to the Sea begins.
October 29 » Ottoman entry into World War I.
December 15 » A gas explosion at Mitsubishi Hōjō coal mine, in Kyushu, Japan, kills 687.
Day of marriage July 26, 1939
The temperature on July 26, 1939 was between 12.0 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
January 24 » The deadliest earthquake in Chilean history strikes Chillán, killing approximately 28,000 people.
March 1 » An Imperial Japanese Army ammunition dump explodes at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94.
April 14 » The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press.
July 28 » The Sutton Hoo helmet is discovered.
September 1 » Switzerland mobilizes its forces and the Swiss Parliament elects Henri Guisan to head the Swiss Armed Forces (an event that can happen only during war or mobilization).
October 6 » World War II: The Battle of Kock is the final combat of the September Campaign in Poland.
Day of death June 6, 1967
The temperature on June 6, 1967 was between 9.1 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 6 » Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta.
May 24 » Egypt imposes a blockade and siege of the Red Sea coast of Israel.
August 25 » George Lincoln Rockwell, founder of the American Nazi Party, is assassinated by a former member of his group.
November 7 » US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
November 14 » American physicist Theodore Maiman is given a patent for his ruby laser systems, the world's first laser.
December 21 » Louis Washkansky, the first man to undergo a human-to-human heart transplant, dies in Cape Town, South Africa, having lived for 18 days after the transplant.
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