The temperature on August 17, 1914 was between 12.0 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
August 15 » World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I.
August 24 » World War I: German troops capture Namur.
August 28 » World War I: The Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
September 26 » The United States Federal Trade Commission is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
October 5 » World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire.
December 23 » World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.
Day of death April 26, 1940
The temperature on April 26, 1940 was between 9.7 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
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.
January 7 » Winter War: Battle of Raate Road - The Finnish 9th Division finally defeat the numerically superior Soviet forces on the Raate-Suomussalmi road.
February 10 » The Soviet Union begins mass deportations of Polish citizens from occupied eastern Poland to Siberia.
February 27 » Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14.
September 12 » An explosion at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Kenvil, New Jersey kills 51 people and injures over 200.
October 16 » Holocaust in Poland: The Warsaw Ghetto is established.
October 21 » The first edition of the Ernest Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is published.
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