The temperature on December 9, 1914 was between 5.8 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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.
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 1 » The last known passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
September 11 » World War I: Australia invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.
September 16 » World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.
October 27 » First World War: The new British battleship HMS Audacious is sunk by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser Berlin.
November 1 » World War I: The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) departed by ship in a single convoy from Albany, Western Australia bound for Egypt.
Day of marriage December 28, 1937
The temperature on December 28, 1937 was between -2.8 °C and 0.4 °C and averaged -0.7 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain during 7.2 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 19 » Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
August 1 » Josip Broz Tito reads the resolution "Manifesto of constitutional congress of KPH" to the constitutive congress of KPH (Croatian Communist Party) in woods near Samobor.
August 13 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Shanghai begins.
September 21 » J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
September 22 » Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken, ending the Battle of El Mazuco.
October 11 » The Duke and Duchess of Windsor tour Nazi Germany for 12 days and meet Adolf Hitler on the 22nd.
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