The temperature on March 5, 1914 was between 7.2 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 13.6 mm of rain. 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.
August 5 » In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
August 5 » World War I: The German minelayer SSKönigin Luise lays a minefield about 40 miles (64km) off the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMSAmphion.
August 15 » The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SSAncon.
August 25 » World War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.
November 13 » Zaian War: Berber tribesmen inflict the heaviest defeat of French forces in Morocco at the Battle of El Herri.
Day of marriage May 18, 1942
The temperature on May 18, 1942 was between 9.6 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
April 15 » The George Cross is awarded "to the island fortress of Malta" by King George VI.
May 15 » World War II: In the United States, a bill creating the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is signed into law.
June 12 » Anne Frank receives a diary for her thirteenth birthday.
June 21 » World War II: Tobruk falls to Italian and German forces.
August 15 » World War II: Operation Pedestal: The oil tanker SSOhio reaches the island of Malta barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island's defenses.
August 17 » World War II: U.S. Marines raid the Japanese-held Pacific island of Makin.
Day of death November 12, 1965
The temperature on November 12, 1965 was between -1.4 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 9 » The Mirzapur Cadet College formally opens for academic activities in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
January 28 » The current design of the Flag of Canada is chosen by an act of Parliament.
March 19 » The wreck of the SSGeorgiana, valued at over $50,000,000 and said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is discovered by teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence, exactly 102 years after its destruction.
June 9 » Vietnam War: The Viet Cong commences combat with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in the Battle of Đồng Xoài, one of the largest battles in the war.
September 7 » During an Indo-Pakistani War, China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border.
December 3 » The Beatles release highly successful and influential experimental folk album Rubber Soul.
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