The temperature on March 15, 1914 was between 6.5 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 11.9 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-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.
July 28 » In the culmination of the July Crisis, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, igniting World War I.
August 24 » World War I: The Battle of Cer ends as the first Allied victory in the war.
August 26 » World War I: The German colony of Togoland surrenders to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign.
August 30 » World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg.
September 3 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronné, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy.
Day of death August 13, 1988
The temperature on August 13, 1988 was between 13.9 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded 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, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 5 » Manuel Noriega is indicted on drug smuggling and money laundering charges.
February 6 » Michael Jordan makes his signature slam dunk from the free throw line inspiring Air Jordan and the Jumpman logo.
March 6 » Three Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers are shot dead by the SAS in Gibraltar in Operation Flavius.
May 4 » The PEPCON disaster rocks Henderson, Nevada, as tons of Space Shuttle fuel detonate during a fire.
July 6 » The Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires. One hundred sixty-seven oil workers are killed, making it the world's worst offshore oil disaster in terms of direct loss of life.
August 1 » A British soldier was killed in the Inglis Barracks bombing in London, England.
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