May 18 » The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.
June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
July 2 » The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
August 14 » The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
August 16 » The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.
Day of death January 7, 1944
The temperature on January 7, 1944 was between 0.4 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
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