The temperature on July 24, 1914 was between 12.2 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 14.2 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
June 23 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.
August 29 » World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.
September 8 » World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
September 13 » World War I: The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France.
October 19 » First World War: The First Battle of Ypres begins.
December 25 » A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.
Day of death October 21, 1973
The temperature on October 21, 1973 was between 3.9 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 22 » The Supreme Court of the United States delivers its decisions in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, legalizing elective abortion in all fifty states.
April 19 » The Portuguese Socialist Party is founded in the German town of Bad Münstereifel.
August 8 » Kim Dae-jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped.
October 20 » The Sydney Opera House is opened by Elizabeth II after 14 years of construction.
December 18 » Soviet Soyuz Programme: Soyuz 13, crewed by cosmonauts Valentin Lebedev and Pyotr Klimuk, is launched from Baikonur in the Soviet Union.
December 24 » District of Columbia Home Rule Act is passed, allowing residents of Washington, D.C. to elect their own local government.
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