The temperature on February 28, 1914 was between -1.6 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). 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.
April 24 » The Franck–Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, is presented to the German Physical Society.
August 28 » World War I: German troops take the city of Namur in Belgium.
August 30 » World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg.
September 3 » William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
November 23 » Mexican Revolution: The last of U.S. forces withdraw from Veracruz, occupied seven months earlier in response to the Tampico Affair.
December 23 » World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.
Day of marriage July 30, 1942
The temperature on July 30, 1942 was between 9.3 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
February 23 » World War II: Japanese submarines fire artillery shells at the coastline near Santa Barbara, California.
July 23 » Bulgarian poet and Communist leader Nikola Vaptsarov is executed by firing squad.
August 30 » World War II: The Battle of Alam el Halfa begins.
September 26 » Holocaust: Senior SS official August Frank issues a memorandum detailing how Jews should be "evacuated".
November 22 » World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th Army is surrounded.
December 4 » World War II: Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign ends.
Day of death August 24, 1979
The temperature on August 24, 1979 was between 8.9 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
January 30 » A Varig Boeing 707-323C freighter, flown by the same commander as Flight 820, disappears over the Pacific Ocean 30 minutes after taking off from Tokyo.
March 17 » The Penmanshiel Tunnel collapses during engineering works, killing two workers.
July 15 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter gives his "malaise speech".
July 19 » The oil tanker SS Atlantic Empress collides with another oil tanker, causing the largest ever ship-borne oil spill.
November 16 » The first line of Bucharest Metro (Line M1) is opened from Timpuri Noi to Semănătoarea in Bucharest, Romania.
November 17 » Brisbane Suburban Railway Electrification. The first stage from Ferny Grove to Darra is commissioned.
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