The temperature on May 3, 1914 was between 0.3 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
February 26 » HMHSBritannic, sister to the RMSTitanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
May 30 » The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMSAquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
August 21 » World War I: The Battle of Charleroi, a successful German attack across the River Sambre that pre-empted a French offensive in the same area.
September 22 » A German submarine sinks three British cruisers over a seventy-minute period, killing almost 1500 sailors.
October 29 » Ottoman entry into World War I.
November 2 » World War I: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire and the Dardanelles are subsequently closed.
Day of marriage November 1, 1945
The temperature on November 1, 1945 was between 5.2 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
April 5 » Cold War: Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito signs an agreement with the Soviet Union to allow "temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory".
April 6 » World War II: The Battle of Slater's Knoll on Bougainville comes to an end.
April 29 » World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler marries his longtime partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker and designates Admiral Karl Dönitz as his successor; Hitler and Braun both commit suicide the following day.
May 2 » World War II: The Soviet Union announces the fall of Berlin.
June 22 » World War II: The Battle of Okinawa comes to an end.
July 23 » The post-war legal processes against Philippe Pétain begin.
Day of death January 7, 2004
The temperature on January 7, 2004 was between 1.8 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
April 24 » The United States lifts economic sanctions imposed on Libya 18 years previously, as a reward for its cooperation in eliminating weapons of mass destruction.
August 3 » The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.
August 22 » Versions of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.
October 27 » The Boston Red Sox defeat the St. Louis Cardinals to win their first World Series in 86 years.
November 6 » An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing seven and injuring 150.
December 30 » A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194.
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