The temperature on May 4, 1916 was between 6.3 °C and 25.2 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.
January 27 » World War I: The British government passed a legislation that introduced conscription in the United Kingdom.
April 24 » Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic.
April 29 » Easter Rising: After six days of fighting, Irish rebel leaders surrender to British forces in Dublin, bringing the Easter Rising to an end.
June 4 » World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.
December 23 » World War I: Battle of Magdhaba: Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in the Sinai Peninsula.
Day of death February 2, 1943
The temperature on February 2, 1943 was between 5.0 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 3 » The SSDorchester is sunk by a German U-boat. Only 230 of 902 men aboard survive.
March 2 » World War II: Allied aircraft defeat a Japanese attempt to ship troops to New Guinea.
May 14 » World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks AHSCentaur off the coast of Queensland.
August 15 » World War II: Battle of Trahili: Superior German forces surround Cretan partisans, who manage to escape against all odds.
September 3 » World War II: The Allied invasion of Italy begins on the same day that U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign the Armistice of Cassibile aboard the Royal Navy battleship HMSNelson off Malta.
September 8 » World War II: The O.B.S. (German General Headquarters for the Mediterranean zone) is attacked in an air raid on Frascati.
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