The temperature on April 27, 1916 was between 10.2 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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.
February 25 » In the Battle of Verdun, a German unit captures Fort Douaumont, keystone of the French defences, without a fight.
March 8 » World War I: A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq) in the Battle of Dujaila.
July 19 » World War I: Battle of Fromelles: British and Australian troops attack German trenches as part of the Battle of the Somme.
October 16 » Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States.
November 19 » Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures.
December 6 » World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.
Day of death May 10, 2008
The temperature on May 10, 2008 was between 11.9 °C and 27.4 °C and averaged 20.5 °C. There was 13.9 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
February 23 » A United States Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber crashes on Guam, marking the first operational loss of a B-2.
March 15 » Stockpiles of obsolete ammunition explode at an ex-military ammunition depot in the village of Gërdec, Albania, killing 26 people.
May 2 » Chaitén Volcano begins erupting in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people.
July 21 » Ram Baran Yadav is declared the first president of Nepal.
August 1 » The Beijing–Tianjin Intercity Railway begins operation as the fastest commuter rail system in the world.
August 8 » A EuroCity express train en route from Kraków, Poland to Prague, Czech Republic strikes a part of a motorway bridge that had fallen onto the railroad track near Studénka railway station in the Czech Republic and derails, killing eight people and injuring 64 others.
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