The temperature on October 9, 1916 was between 13.0 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
January 9 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.
February 29 » Tokelau is annexed by the United Kingdom.
April 29 » World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.
May 16 » The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the French Third Republic sign the secret wartime Sykes-Picot Agreement partitioning former Ottoman territories such as Iraq and Syria.
August 25 » The United States National Park Service is created.
November 21 » Mines from SM U-73 sink the HMHS Britannic, the largest ship lost in the First World War.
Day of marriage June 10, 1943
The temperature on June 10, 1943 was between 9.2 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 14.5 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 23 » A fire breaks out at Saint Joseph's Orphanage, County Cavan, Ireland, killing 35 children and one adult.
March 14 » The liquidation of the Kraków Ghetto is completed.
April 13 » The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., on the 200th anniversary of President Thomas Jefferson's birth.
April 16 » Albert Hofmann accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of the research drug LSD. He intentionally takes the drug three days later on April 19.
October 17 » Nazi Holocaust in Poland: Sobibór extermination camp is closed.
October 22 » World War II: In the Second firestorm raid on Germany, the RAF conducts an air raid on the town of Kassel, killing 10,000 and rendering 150,000 homeless.
Day of death August 2, 2005
The temperature on August 2, 2005 was between 8.4 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (76%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
March 3 » James Roszko murders four Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables during a drug bust at his property in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta, then commits suicide. This is the deadliest peace-time incident for the RCMP since 1885 and the North-West Rebellion.
March 16 » Israel officially hands over Jericho to Palestinian control.
June 30 » MTV Canada is rebranded as Razer
July 22 » Jean Charles de Menezes is killed by police as the hunt begins for the London Bombers responsible for the 7 July 2005 London bombings and the 21 July 2005 London bombings.
October 29 » Bombings in Delhi, India kill more than 60.
November 9 » Suicide bombers attack three hotels in Amman, Jordan, killing at least 60 people.
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