The temperature on December 26, 1914 was between -5.0 °C and 1.1 °C and averaged -1.2 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 9 » The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African-American students at Howard University in Washington D.C., United States.
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 28 » World War I: German troops take the city of Namur in Belgium.
October 5 » World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire.
December 8 » World War I: A squadron of Britain's Royal Navy defeats the Imperial German East Asia Squadron in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
Day of marriage February 10, 1937
The temperature on February 10, 1937 was between 1.9 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 8 » Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.
April 30 » The Commonwealth of the Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.
July 6 » Spanish Civil War: Battle of Brunete: The battle begins with Spanish Republican troops going on the offensive against the Nationalists to relieve pressure on Madrid.
September 5 » Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls to the Nationalists following a one-day siege.
September 21 » J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
October 2 » Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of Haitians living in the northwestern region of the Dominican Republic.
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