The temperature on July 13, 1916 was between 6.8 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
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 10 » World War I: In the Erzurum Offensive, Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire.
April 8 » In Corona, California, race car driver Bob Burman crashes, killing three (including himself), and badly injuring five spectators.
May 10 » Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.
August 29 » The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.
November 30 » Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty.
Day of marriage September 1, 1939
The temperature on September 1, 1939 was between 15.2 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
March 1 » An Imperial Japanese Army ammunition dump explodes at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94.
May 22 » World War II: Germany and Italy sign the Pact of Steel.
August 25 » The United Kingdom and Poland form a military alliance in which the UK promises to defend Poland in case of invasion by a foreign power.
September 1 » General George C. Marshall becomes Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
September 17 » World War II: The Soviet invasion of Poland begins.
November 23 » World War II: HMSRawalpindi is sunk by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.
Day of death October 2, 1980
The temperature on October 2, 1980 was between 5.1 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
January 21 » Iran Air Flight 291 crashes in the Alborz Mountains while on approach to Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran, Iran, killing 128 people.
January 27 » Through cooperation between the U.S. and Canadian governments, six American diplomats secretly escape hostilities in Iran in the culmination of the Canadian Caper.
July 5 » Swedish tennis player Björn Borg wins his fifth Wimbledon final and becomes the first male tennis player to win the championships five times in a row (1976–1980).
September 12 » Military coup in Turkey.
September 17 » Former Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza Debayle is killed in Asunción, Paraguay.
September 26 » At the Oktoberfest terror attack in Munich 13 people die and 211 are injured.
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