The temperature on October 27, 1914 was between 5.2 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (16%). 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.
July 23 » Austria-Hungary issues a series of demands in an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia demanding Serbia to allow the Austrians to determine who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Serbia accepts all but one of those demands and Austria declares war on July 28.
August 2 » The German occupation of Luxembourg during World War I begins.
August 6 » World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
August 15 » World War I: The First Russian Army, led by Paul von Rennenkampf, enters East Prussia.
September 3 » William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
November 26 » HMS Bulwark was destroyed by a large internal explosion with the loss of 741 men near Sheerness.
Day of death July 16, 1943
The temperature on July 16, 1943 was between 9.7 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 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.
February 14 » World War II: Tunisia Campaign: General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim's Fifth Panzer Army launches a concerted attack against Allied positions in Tunisia.
March 13 » German forces liquidate the Jewish ghetto in Kraków.
April 26 » The Easter Riots break out in Uppsala, Sweden.
June 12 » The Holocaust: Germany liquidates the Jewish Ghetto in Brzeżany, Poland (now Berezhany, Ukraine). Around 1,180 Jews are led to the city's old Jewish graveyard and shot.
July 22 » World War II: Axis occupation forces violently disperse a massive protest in Athens, killing 22.
September 30 » The United States Merchant Marine Academy is dedicated by President Roosevelt.
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