The temperature on March 7, 1914 was between 4.6 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 4 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.
May 29 » The Ocean liner RMSEmpress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
August 4 » In response to the German invasion of Belgium, Belgium and the British Empire declare war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality.
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 17 » World War I: The Race to the Sea begins.
December 15 » World War I: The Serbian Army recaptures Belgrade from the invading Austro-Hungarian Army.
December 23 » World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.
Day of marriage April 29, 1943
The temperature on April 29, 1943 was between 0.2 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 15 » World War II: The Soviet counter-offensive at Voronezh begins.
January 23 » World War II: Troops of the British Eighth Army capture Tripoli in Libya from the German–Italian Panzer Army.
April 8 » Otto and Elise Hampel are executed in Berlin for their anti-Nazi activities.
April 8 » U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in an attempt to check inflation, freezes wages and prices, prohibits workers from changing jobs unless the war effort would be aided thereby, and bars rate increases by common carriers and public utilities.
June 20 » The Detroit race riot breaks out and continues for three more days.
October 1 » World War II: After the Four Days of Naples, Allied troops enter the city.
Day of death December 16, 1999
The temperature on December 16, 1999 was between -4.1 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
March 21 » Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon.
April 12 » United States President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving "intentionally false statements" in a civil lawsuit; he is later fined and disbarred.
April 14 » NATO mistakenly bombs a convoy of ethnic Albanian refugees. Yugoslav officials say 75 people were killed.
May 3 » Infiltration of Pakistani soldiers on Indian side resulted into the kargil war.
September 30 » The Tokaimura nuclear accident causes the deaths of two technicians in Japan's second-worst nuclear accident.
December 2 » The United Kingdom devolves political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive following the Good Friday Agreement.
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