The temperature on June 5, 1914 was between 7.0 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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.
June 28 » Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo; this is the casus belli of World War I.
August 15 » World War I: The First Russian Army, led by Paul von Rennenkampf, enters East Prussia.
September 1 » The last known passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
October 19 » First World War: The First Battle of Ypres begins.
November 9 » SMSEmden is sunk by HMASSydney in the Battle of Cocos.
December 24 » World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.
Day of death September 4, 1984
The temperature on September 4, 1984 was between 8.2 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (9%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
March 16 » William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Lebanon, is kidnapped by Hezbollah. (He later dies in captivity.)
June 3 » Operation Blue Star, a military offensive, is launched by the Indian government at Harmandir Sahib, also known as the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for Sikhs, in Amritsar. The operation continues until June 6, with casualties, most of them civilians, in excess of 5,000.
June 22 » Virgin Atlantic launches with its first flight from London to Newark.
September 20 » A suicide bomber in a car attacks the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing twenty-two people.
October 16 » Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
November 1 » After the assassination of Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India on 31 October 1984, by two of her Sikh bodyguards, anti-Sikh riots erupt.
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