The temperature on July 9, 1917 was between 12.3 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 7.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
July 31 » World War I: The Battle of Passchendaele begins near Ypres in West Flanders, Belgium.
October 15 » World War I: Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by France for espionage.
October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.
October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
October 31 » World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".
November 26 » The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.
Day of marriage May 11, 1940
The temperature on May 11, 1940 was between 5.5 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
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.
February 29 » 12th Academy Awards: For her performance as "Mammy" in Gone with the Wind, Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win an Academy Award.
March 30 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Japan declares Nanking capital of a new Chinese puppet government, nominally controlled by Wang Jingwei.
August 6 » Estonia is illegally annexed by the Soviet Union.
September 18 » World War II: The British liner SSCity of Benares is sunk by German submarine U-48; those killed include 77 child refugees.
October 14 » World War II: The Balham underground station disaster kills sixty-six people during the London Blitz.
November 5 » Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first and only President of the United States to be elected to a third term.
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