The temperature on October 26, 1914 was between 10.9 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 14.8 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.
April 20 » Nineteen men, women, and children die in the Ludlow Massacre during a Colorado coal-miners' strike.
August 5 » World War I: The guns of Point Nepean fort at Port Phillip Heads in Victoria (Australia) fire across the bows of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer SSPfalz which is attempting to leave the Port of Melbourne in ignorance of the declaration of war and she is detained; this is said to be the first Allied shot of the War.
August 20 » World War I: Brussels is captured during the German invasion of Belgium.
August 27 » World War I: Battle of Étreux: A British rearguard action by the Royal Munster Fusiliers during the Great Retreat.
August 30 » World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg.
September 3 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronné, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy.
Day of death July 4, 1999
The temperature on July 4, 1999 was between 12.9 °C and 24.1 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 9.7 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (22%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
July 23 » ANA Flight 61 is hijacked in Tokyo, Japan by Yuji Nishizawa.
August 2 » The Gaisal train disaster claims 285 lives in Assam, India.
August 17 » The 7.6 Mw İzmit earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 17,118–17,127 dead and 43,953–50,000 injured.
August 31 » A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 65, including two on the ground.
October 12 » The former Autonomous Soviet Republic of Abkhazia declares its independence from Georgia.
November 12 » The 7.2 Mw Düzce earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 845 people were killed and almost 5,000 were injured.
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