The temperature on August 25, 1914 was between 13.1 °C and 24.3 °C and averaged 18.9 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
August 6 » World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
August 28 » World War I: The Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
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.
November 28 » World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.
December 23 » World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.
Day of death January 21, 1999
The temperature on January 21, 1999 was between 6.0 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
May 2 » Panamanian general election, 1999: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama.
July 20 » The Chinese Communist Party begins a persecution campaign against Falun Gong, arresting thousands nationwide.
July 31 » Discovery Program: Lunar Prospector: NASA intentionally crashes the spacecraft into the Moon, thus ending its mission to detect frozen water on the Moon's surface.
September 30 » The Tokaimura nuclear accident causes the deaths of two technicians in Japan's second-worst nuclear accident.
October 22 » Maurice Papon, an official in the Vichy France government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity.
October 31 » Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months of circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted.
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