The temperature on August 13, 1914 was between 10.7 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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 25 » World War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.
August 29 » World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.
September 11 » World War I: Australia invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.
September 13 » World War I: The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France.
December 8 » World War I: A squadron of Britain's Royal Navy defeats the Imperial German East Asia Squadron in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
Day of marriage September 6, 1944
The temperature on September 6, 1944 was between 10.3 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 5 » The Daily Mail becomes the first major London newspaper to be published on both sides of the Atlantic.
July 6 » The Hartford circus fire, one of America's worst fire disasters, kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in Hartford, Connecticut.
August 5 » World War II: The Nazis begin a week-long massacre of between 40,000 and 50,000 civilians and prisoners of war in Wola, Poland.
August 21 » Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations, begins.
August 23 » World War II: King Michael of Romania dismisses the pro-Nazi government of Marshal Antonescu, who is arrested. Romania switches sides from the Axis to the Allies.
September 3 » Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from the Westerbork transit camp to the Auschwitz concentration camp, arriving three days later.
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