The average temperature on March 11, 1914 was 2.3 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
March 7 » Prince William of Wied arrives in Albania to begin his reign as King.
April 23 » First baseball game at Wrigley Field, then known as Weeghman Park, in Chicago.
August 5 » In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
August 6 » World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
September 22 » A German submarine sinks three British cruisers over a seventy-minute period, killing almost 1500 sailors.
December 24 » World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.
Day of marriage May 5, 1945
The temperature on May 5, 1945 was between 4.7 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 7.7 mm of rain during 6.2 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
February 14 » World War II: Navigational error leads to the mistaken bombing of Prague, Czechoslovakia by an American squadron of B-17s assisting in the Soviet's Vistula–Oder Offensive.
February 23 » World War II: The German town of Pforzheim is annihilated in a raid by 379 British bombers.
March 6 » World War II: Cologne is captured by American troops. On the same day, Operation Spring Awakening, the last major German offensive of the war, begins.
April 25 » United Nations Conference on International Organization: Founding negotiations for the United Nations begin in San Francisco.
May 5 » World War II: Dönitz gives Löhr permission to seek an armistice with the Western Allies to preserve a communist free Austria and recognising first, from a German standpoint, the separation of Austria from Germany undoing the Anschluss.
December 27 » The International Monetary Fund is created with the signing of an agreement by 29 nations.
Day of death November 17, 2004
The temperature on November 17, 2004 was between 10.1 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 8.6 mm of rain during 9.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
April 22 » Two fuel trains collide in Ryongchon, North Korea, killing up to 150 people.
July 5 » The first direct Indonesian presidential election is held.
August 1 » A supermarket fire kills 396 people and injures 500 others in Asunción, Paraguay.
October 27 » The Boston Red Sox defeat the St. Louis Cardinals to win their first World Series in 86 years.
December 20 » A gang of thieves steal £26.5 million worth of currency from the Donegall Square West headquarters of Northern Bank in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, one of the largest bank robberies in British history.
December 26 » The 9.1–9.3 Mw Indian Ocean earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). One of the largest observed tsunamis follows, affecting the coastal areas of Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Indonesia; death toll is estimated at 227,898.
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