The temperature on August 11, 1914 was between 12.4 °C and 24.7 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 1 » The SPT Airboat Line becomes the world's first scheduled airline to use a winged aircraft.
May 30 » The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMSAquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
August 9 » Start of the Battle of Mulhouse, part of a French attempt to recover the province of Alsace and the first French offensive of World War I.
August 24 » World War I: The Battle of Cer ends as the first Allied victory in the war.
November 1 » World War I: The first British Royal Navy defeat of the war with Germany, the Battle of Coronel, is fought off of the western coast of Chile, in the Pacific, with the loss of HMSGood Hope and HMSMonmouth.
November 13 » Zaian War: Berber tribesmen inflict the heaviest defeat of French forces in Morocco at the Battle of El Herri.
Day of death March 31, 1961
The temperature on March 31, 1961 was between 4.7 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (30%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 8 » In France a referendum supports Charles de Gaulle's policies in Algeria.
January 9 » British authorities announce they have uncovered the Soviet Portland Spy Ring in London.
February 12 » The Soviet Union launches Venera 1 towards Venus.
March 30 » The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed in New York City.
May 28 » Peter Benenson's article The Forgotten Prisoners is published in several internationally read newspapers. This will later be thought of as the founding of the human rights organization Amnesty International.
August 11 » The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
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