The temperature on May 10, 1914 was between 5.1 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
June 28 » Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo; this is the casus belli of World War I.
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.
August 15 » The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SSAncon.
August 20 » World War I: Brussels is captured during the German invasion of Belgium.
August 26 » World War I: During the retreat from Mons, the British II Corps commanded by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien fought a vigorous and successful defensive action at Le Cateau.
November 5 » World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire.
Day of marriage October 26, 1939
The temperature on October 26, 1939 was between 0.4 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
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.
March 30 » The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets a world airspeed record of 463mph (745km/h).
September 17 » World War II: German submarineU-29 sinks the British aircraft carrier HMSCourageous.
October 1 » World War II: After a one-month siege, German troops occupy Warsaw.
October 8 » World War II: Germany annexes western Poland.
October 15 » The New York Municipal Airport (later renamed LaGuardia Airport) is dedicated.
December 27 » Winter War: Finland holds off a Soviet attack in the Battle of Kelja.
Day of death May 12, 1998
The temperature on May 12, 1998 was between 15.0 °C and 32.0 °C and averaged 24.1 °C. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (77%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 17 » Lewinsky scandal: Matt Drudge breaks the story of the Bill Clinton–Monica Lewinsky affair on his Drudge Report website.
February 1 » Rear Admiral Lillian E. Fishburne becomes the first female African American to be promoted to rear admiral.
February 23 » In the United States, tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42 people.
July 15 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil MP S. Shanmuganathan is killed by a claymore mine.
August 20 » U.S. embassy bombings: The United States launches cruise missile attacks against alleged al-Qaeda camps in Afghanistan and a suspected chemical weapons plant in Sudan in retaliation for the August 7 bombings of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
September 2 » The UN's International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide.
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