The temperature on May 5, 1914 was between 9.6 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
February 26 » HMHSBritannic, sister to the RMSTitanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
August 5 » World War I: The guns of Point Nepean fort at Port Phillip Heads in Victoria (Australia) fire across the bows of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer SSPfalz which is attempting to leave the Port of Melbourne in ignorance of the declaration of war and she is detained; this is said to be the first Allied shot of the War.
August 15 » World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I.
August 30 » World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg.
September 16 » World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.
December 24 » World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.
Day of death September 5, 1944
The temperature on September 5, 1944 was between 12.9 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
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 31 » World War II: During the Anzio campaign, the 1st Ranger Battalion (Darby's Rangers) is destroyed behind enemy lines in a heavily outnumbered encounter at Battle of Cisterna, Italy.
February 15 » World War II: The assault on Monte Cassino, Italy begins.
June 4 » World War II: The United States Fifth Army captures Rome, although much of the German Fourteenth Army is able to withdraw to the north.
July 18 » World War II: Hideki Tōjō resigns as Prime Minister of Japan because of numerous setbacks in the war effort.
September 19 » World War II: The Moscow Armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union is signed.
December 30 » King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving the throne vacant.
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