The temperature on September 11, 1914 was between 13.3 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 6.5 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
July 18 » The U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, giving official status to aircraft within the U.S. Army for the first time.
August 15 » The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SSAncon.
August 25 » World War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.
August 28 » World War I: The Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
September 3 » French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
September 8 » World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
Day of death April 12, 1962
The temperature on April 12, 1962 was between 1.6 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 10 » Roy Lichtenstein's first solo exhibition opened, and it included Look Mickey, which featured his first employment of Ben-Day dots, speech balloons and comic imagery sourcing, all of which he is now known for.
June 1 » Adolf Eichmann is hanged in Israel.
July 5 » The official independence of Algeria is proclaimed after an 8-year-long war with France.
August 6 » Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
September 8 » Last run of the famous Pines Express over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line (UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, BR Standard Class 9F 92220 Evening Star.
September 13 » An appeals court orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith, the first African-American student admitted to the segregated university.
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