The temperature on July 21, 1911 was between 14.5 °C and 28.1 °C and averaged 21.8 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 3 » A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.
September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.
September 29 » Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
October 5 » The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.
October 24 » Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
December 9 » A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.
Day of death December 14, 1941
The temperature on December 14, 1941 was between 7.0 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 12.5 mm of rain during 9.3 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
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.
January 6 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech in the State of the Union address.
March 15 » Philippine Airlines, the flag carrier of the Philippines takes its first flight between Manila (from Nielson Field) to Baguio City with a Beechcraft Model 18 making the airline the first and oldest commercial airline in Asia operating under its original name.
June 5 » World War II: Four thousand Chongqing residents are asphyxiated in a bomb shelter during the Bombing of Chongqing.
October 4 » Norman Rockwell's Willie Gillis character debuts on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post.
October 30 » Holocaust: Fifteen hundred Jews from Pidhaytsi are sent by Nazis to Bełżec extermination camp.
December 5 » World War II: Great Britain declares war on Finland, Hungary and Romania.
Day of burial May 3, 1949
The temperature on May 3, 1949 was between 6.0 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
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