The temperature on August 1, 1914 was between 13.0 °C and 24.7 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (43%). 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.
March 8 » First flights (for the Royal Thai Air Force) at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok.
July 4 » The funeral of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie takes place in Vienna, six days after their assassinations in Sarajevo.
August 2 » The German occupation of Luxembourg during World War I begins.
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.
November 5 » World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire.
November 7 » The first issue of The New Republic is published.
Day of marriage May 28, 1941
The temperature on May 28, 1941 was between 9.5 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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.
January 9 » World War II: First flight of the Avro Lancaster.
May 6 » The first flight of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.
May 30 » World War II: Manolis Glezos and Apostolos Santas climb the Athenian Acropolis and tear down the German flag.
July 10 » Jedwabne pogrom: Massacre of Polish Jews living in and near the village of Jedwabne.
December 19 » World War II: Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Oberkommando des Heeres.
December 25 » World War II: Battle of Hong Kong ends, beginning the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong.
Day of death July 7, 1999
The temperature on July 7, 1999 was between 11.4 °C and 23.4 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 4 » Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot 41 times by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race relations in the city.
March 12 » Former Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO.
March 20 » Legoland California, the first Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California, US.
August 7 » The Chechnya-based Islamic International Brigade invades neighboring Dagestan.
November 25 » A 5-year-old Cuban boy, Elian Gonzalez, is rescued by fishermen while floating in an inner tube off the Florida coast.
December 31 » The U.S. government hands control of the Panama Canal (as well all the adjacent land to the canal known as the Panama Canal Zone) to Panama. This act complied with the signing of the 1977 Torrijos–Carter Treaties.
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