The temperature on August 24, 1914 was between 16.3 °C and 26.8 °C and averaged 20.6 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (37%). 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.
January 9 » The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African-American students at Howard University in Washington D.C., United States.
August 14 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Lorraine, an unsuccessful French offensive designed to recover the lost province of Moselle from Germany.
September 17 » Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
November 1 » World War I: The first British Royal Navy defeat of the war with Germany, the Battle of Coronel, is fought off of the western coast of Chile, in the Pacific, with the loss of HMSGood Hope and HMSMonmouth.
December 24 » World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.
December 25 » A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.
Day of death June 2, 2004
The temperature on June 2, 2004 was between 11.7 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 7.4 mm of rain during 8.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 4 » Spirit, a NASA Mars rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC.
September 29 » The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth.
November 9 » Firefox 1.0 is released.
November 11 » New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior is dedicated at the National War Memorial, Wellington.
November 26 » The last Poʻouli (Black-faced honeycreeper) dies of avian malaria in the Maui Bird Conservation Center in Olinda, Hawaii, before it could breed, making the species in all probability extinct.
December 14 » The Millau Viaduct, the tallest bridge in the world, is formally inaugurated near Millau, France.
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