The temperature on January 8, 1914 was between 1.8 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 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.
April 21 » Ypiranga incident: A German arms shipment to Mexico is intercepted by the U.S. Navy near Veracruz.
August 15 » The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SSAncon.
August 20 » World War I: Brussels is captured during the German invasion of Belgium.
September 26 » The United States Federal Trade Commission is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
November 16 » The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.
December 24 » World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.
Day of death December 27, 1997
The temperature on December 27, 1997 was between 4.7 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
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