The temperature on June 21, 1913 was between 10.4 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 9.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
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.
January 5 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Lemnos begins; Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it did not venture for the rest of the war.
February 13 » The 13th Dalai Lama proclaims Tibetan independence following a period of domination by Manchu Qing dynasty and initiated a period of almost four decades of independence.
March 3 » Thousands of women march in the Woman Suffrage Procession in Washington, D.C.
June 19 » Natives Land Act, 1913 in South Africa implemented.
July 3 » Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors.
December 21 » Arthur Wynne's "word-cross", the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World.
Day of marriage December 8, 1938
The temperature on December 8, 1938 was between 4.0 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 6.1 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
March 12 » Anschluss: German troops occupy and absorb Austria.
May 25 » Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
August 18 » The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States with Ontario, Canada over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
September 21 » The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500–700 people.
October 10 » Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.
December 17 » Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.
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