The temperature on August 4, 1914 was between 12.6 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 8.0 mm of rain. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak 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.
April 20 » Nineteen men, women, and children die in the Ludlow Massacre during a Colorado coal-miners' strike.
May 30 » The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMSAquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
August 12 » World War I: The United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary; the countries of the British Empire follow suit.
September 8 » World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
September 13 » World War I: The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France.
December 25 » A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.
Day of death September 8, 2001
The temperature on September 8, 2001 was between 8.4 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 7.9 mm of rain during 5.4 hours. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 26 » The 7.7 Mw Gujarat earthquake shakes Western India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), leaving 13,805–20,023 dead and about 166,800 injured.
May 29 » The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments.
July 24 » The Bandaranaike Airport attack is carried out by 14 Tamil Tiger commandos. Eleven civilian and military aircraft are destroyed and 15 are damaged. All 14 commandos are shot dead, while seven soldiers from the Sri Lanka Air Force are killed. In addition, three civilians and an engineer die. This incident slowed the Sri Lankan economy.
September 13 » Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the United States after the September 11 attacks.
November 30 » Gary Ridgway is apprehended and charged with four murders as the Green River Killer.
December 15 » The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years and $27,000,000 spent to stabilize it, without fixing its famous lean.
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