The temperature on February 21, 1914 was between 4.5 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong 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.
March 1 » The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union.
March 8 » First flights (for the Royal Thai Air Force) at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok.
August 23 » World War I: Japan declares war on Germany.
August 28 » World War I: German troops take the city of Namur in Belgium.
September 9 » World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
December 23 » World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.
Day of marriage July 1, 1942
The temperature on July 1, 1942 was between 11.2 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
May 8 » World War II: Gunners of the Ceylon Garrison Artillery on Horsburgh Island in the Cocos Islands rebel in the Cocos Islands Mutiny. Their mutiny is crushed and three of them are executed, the only British Commonwealth soldiers to be executed for mutiny during the Second World War.
May 15 » World War II: In the United States, a bill creating the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is signed into law.
June 12 » Anne Frank receives a diary for her thirteenth birthday.
June 22 » World War II: Erwin Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal after the Axis capture of Tobruk.
July 22 » The United States government begins compulsory civilian gasoline rationing due to the wartime demands.
September 13 » World War II: Second day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge in the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines successfully defeated attacks by the Japanese with heavy losses for the Japanese forces.
Day of death July 9, 2005
The temperature on July 9, 2005 was between 10.7 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 12 » Deep Impact launches from Cape Canaveral on a Delta II rocket.
February 16 » The Kyoto Protocol comes into force, following its ratification by Russia.
April 25 » Bulgaria and Romania sign accession treaties to join the European Union.
September 26 » The PBS Kids Channel is shut down and replaced by a joint network with Comcast called Sprout.
November 22 » Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany.
December 11 » Cronulla riots: Thousands of White Australians demonstrate against ethnic violence resulting in a riot against anyone thought to be Lebanese in Cronulla, New South Wales; these are followed up by retaliatory ethnic attacks on Cronulla.
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