The temperature on July 23, 1914 was between 12.3 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 6.2 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 2 » The German occupation of Luxembourg during World War I begins.
August 24 » World War I: German troops capture Namur.
August 28 » World War I: The Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
August 30 » World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg.
September 5 » World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.
Day of marriage July 15, 1937
The temperature on July 15, 1937 was between 15.7 °C and 28.4 °C and averaged 20.7 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 19 » Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
February 11 » The Flint sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers trade union.
February 16 » Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
March 8 » Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.
July 22 » New Deal: The United States Senate votes down President Franklin D. Roosevelt's proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court of the United States.
August 14 » The beginning of air-to-air combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in general, when six Japanese bombers are shot down by Chinese fighters while raiding Chinese air bases.
Day of death February 25, 2001
The temperature on February 25, 2001 was between -2.6 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
April 16 » India and Bangladesh begin a five-day border conflict, but are unable to resolve the disputes about their border.
July 24 » Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the last Tsar of Bulgaria when he was a child, is sworn in as Prime Minister of Bulgaria, becoming the first monarch in history to regain political power through democratic election to a different office.
August 10 » The 2001 Angola train attack occurred, causing 252 deaths.
September 27 » In Switzerland, a gunman shoots 18 citizens, killing 14 and then himself.
November 11 » Journalists Pierre Billaud, Johanne Sutton and Volker Handloik are killed in Afghanistan during an attack on the convoy they are traveling in.
November 30 » Gary Ridgway is apprehended and charged with four murders as the Green River Killer.
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