The temperature on December 13, 1914 was between 3.6 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
August 5 » World War I: The German minelayer SSKönigin Luise lays a minefield about 40 miles (64km) off the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMSAmphion.
August 6 » World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
August 15 » World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I.
August 23 » World War I: Japan declares war on Germany.
August 24 » World War I: German troops capture Namur.
December 15 » World War I: The Serbian Army recaptures Belgrade from the invading Austro-Hungarian Army.
Day of death September 1, 1997
The temperature on September 1, 1997 was between 15.0 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 9.3 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
February 11 » Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
June 2 » In Denver, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, in which 168 people died. He was executed four years later.
June 5 » The Second Republic of the Congo Civil War begins.
July 2 » The Bank of Thailand floats the baht, triggering the Asian financial crisis.
November 17 » In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by six Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre.
December 22 » Acteal massacre: Attendees at a prayer meeting of Roman Catholic activists for indigenous causes in the small village of Acteal in the Mexican state of Chiapas are massacred by paramilitary forces.
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