The temperature on April 11, 1914 was between 8.0 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
May 30 » The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMSAquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
August 5 » World War I: The German minelayer SSKönigin Luise lays a minefield about 40 miles (64km) off the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMSAmphion.
August 15 » A servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright murders seven people and sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin.
September 1 » St. Petersburg, Russia, changes its name to Petrograd.
September 16 » World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.
November 1 » World War I: The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) departed by ship in a single convoy from Albany, Western Australia bound for Egypt.
Day of marriage June 20, 1939
The temperature on June 20, 1939 was between 9.5 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
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.
April 10 » Alcoholics Anonymous, A.A.'s "Big Book", is first published.
May 17 » The Columbia Lions and the Princeton Tigers play in the United States' first televised sporting event, a collegiate baseball game in New York City.
May 21 » The Canadian National War Memorial is unveiled by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
August 2 » Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.
September 14 » World War II: The Estonian military boards the Polish submarine ORPOrzeł in Tallinn, sparking a diplomatic incident that the Soviet Union will later use to justify the annexation of Estonia.
September 28 » World War II: The siege of Warsaw comes to an end.
Day of death September 29, 1972
The temperature on September 29, 1972 was between 9.2 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
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.
March 1 » The Thai province of Yasothon is created after being split off from the Ubon Ratchathani Province.
March 2 » The Pioneer 10 space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets.
March 30 » Vietnam War: The Easter Offensive begins after North Vietnamese forces cross into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of South Vietnam.
April 10 » Tombs containing bamboo slips, among them Sun Tzu's Art of War and Sun Bin's lost military treatise, are accidentally discovered by construction workers in Shandong.
April 13 » The Universal Postal Union decides to recognize the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate Chinese representative, effectively expelling the Republic of China administering Taiwan.
April 22 » Increased American bombing in Vietnam prompts anti-war protests in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco.
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