The temperature on August 1, 1913 was between 11.8 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
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.
March 3 » Thousands of women march in the Woman Suffrage Procession in Washington, D.C.
March 4 » First Balkan War: The Greek army engages the Turks at Bizani, resulting in victory two days later.
July 3 » Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors.
August 28 » Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
October 10 » U.S. President Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal.
December 14 » Haruna, the fourth and last Kongō-class ship, launches, eventually becoming one of the Japanese workhorses during World War I and World War II.
Day of marriage May 29, 1937
The temperature on May 29, 1937 was between 9.6 °C and 24.6 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 14.0 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
February 16 » Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
April 1 » Aden becomes a British crown colony.
April 1 » Spanish Civil War: Jaén, Spain is bombed by German fascist forces, supporting Francoist Nationalists.
December 13 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: The city of Nanjing, defended by the National Revolutionary Army under the command of General Tang Shengzhi, falls to the Japanese. This is followed by the Nanking Massacre, in which Japanese troops rape and slaughter hundreds of thousands of civilians.
December 29 » The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.
Day of death July 10, 1990
The temperature on July 10, 1990 was between 9.9 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
March 11 » Lithuania declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
March 18 » Germans in the German Democratic Republic vote in the first democratic elections in the former communist dictatorship.
March 19 » The ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureș begin four days after the anniversary of the Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire.
June 20 » The 7.4 Mw Manjil–Rudbar earthquake affects northern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 35,000–50,000, and injuring 60,000–105,000.
November 20 » Andrei Chikatilo, one of the Soviet Union's most prolific serial killers, is arrested; he eventually confesses to 56 killings.
December 22 » Final independence of Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia after termination of trusteeship.
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