The temperature on May 12, 1914 was between 3.3 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
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 Battle of Halen a.k.a. Battle of the Silver Helmets a clash between large Belgian and German cavalry formations at Halen, Belgium.
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.
October 5 » World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire.
November 9 » SMSEmden is sunk by HMASSydney in the Battle of Cocos.
November 26 » HMS Bulwark was destroyed by a large internal explosion with the loss of 741 men near Sheerness.
Day of death August 8, 1979
The temperature on August 8, 1979 was between 11.4 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 7.5 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (15%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
May 25 » American Airlines Flight 191: A McDonnell Douglas DC-10 crashes during takeoff at O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, killing all 271 on board and two people on the ground.
May 28 » Konstantinos Karamanlis signs the full treaty of the accession of Greece with the European Economic Community.
June 1 » The first black-led government of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 90 years takes power.
October 1 » Pope John Paul II begins his first pastoral visit to the United States.
November 4 » Iran hostage crisis: A group of Iranian college students overruns the U.S. embassy in Tehran and takes 90 hostages.
December 16 » Libya joins four other OPEC nations in raising crude oil prices, which has an immediate, dramatic effect on the United States.
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