The average temperature on November 19, 1916 was 2.0 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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.
March 8 » World War I: A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq) in the Battle of Dujaila.
April 8 » In Corona, California, race car driver Bob Burman crashes, killing three (including himself), and badly injuring five spectators.
April 24 » Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance.
June 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
September 15 » World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
September 27 » Iyasu V is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zewditu.
Day of marriage September 7, 1939
The temperature on September 7, 1939 was between 10.9 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
January 14 » Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.
January 27 » First flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
February 27 » United States labor law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules in NLRB v. Fansteel Metallurgical Corp. that the National Labor Relations Board has no authority to force an employer to rehire workers who engage in sit-down strikes.
June 24 » Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Phibunsongkhram, the country's third prime minister.
August 2 » Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.
September 19 » World War II: The Battle of Kępa Oksywska concludes, with Polish losses reaching roughly 14% of all the forces engaged.
Day of death August 8, 1990
The temperature on August 8, 1990 was between 6.9 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
April 25 » Violeta Chamorro takes office as the President of Nicaragua, the first woman to hold the position.
July 27 » The Supreme Soviet of the Belarusian Soviet Republic declares independence of Belarus from the Soviet Union. Until 1996 the day is celebrated as the Independence Day of Belarus; after a referendum held that year the celebration of independence is moved to June 3.
October 13 » Syrian forces attack free areas of Lebanon, removing General Michel Aoun from the presidential palace.
November 12 » Tim Berners-Lee publishes a formal proposal for the World Wide Web.
December 1 » Channel Tunnel sections started from the United Kingdom and France meet 40 metres beneath the seabed.
December 8 » Galileo (spacecraft) flies past Earth.
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