The temperature on July 9, 1912 was between 10.4 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 30 » Sultan Abd al-Hafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate.
April 18 » The Cunard liner RMSCarpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic to New York City.
August 6 » The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
September 28 » Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash.
October 3 » U.S. forces defeat Nicaraguan rebels at the Battle of Coyotepe Hill.
October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
Day of marriage May 10, 1941
The temperature on May 10, 1941 was between 2.3 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
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.
March 27 » World War II: Yugoslav Air Force officers topple the pro-Axis government in a bloodless coup.
May 20 » World War II: Battle of Crete: German paratroops invade Crete.
August 22 » World War II: German troops begin the Siege of Leningrad.
August 29 » World War II: Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, is occupied by Nazi Germany following an occupation by the Soviet Union.
December 9 » World War II: China, Cuba, Guatemala, and the Philippine Commonwealth declare war on Germany and Japan.
December 11 » World War II: Germany and Italy declare war on the United States, following the Americans' declaration of war on the Empire of Japan in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States, in turn, declares war on them.
Day of death February 11, 1944
The temperature on February 11, 1944 was between 0.5 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
February 29 » World War II: The Admiralty Islands are invaded in Operation Brewer led by American General Douglas MacArthur.
June 11 » USSMissouri, the last battleship built by the United States Navy and future site of the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, is commissioned.
August 13 » World War II: German troops begin the pillage and razing of Anogeia in Crete that would continue until September 5.
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.
September 14 » World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces.
September 17 » World War II: German forces are attacked by the Allies in the Battle of San Marino.
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