The temperature on April 6, 1914 was between 7.5 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 14.5 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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.
May 29 » The Ocean liner RMSEmpress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
August 6 » World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic: Two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Heligoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.
August 24 » World War I: The Battle of Cer ends as the first Allied victory in the war.
September 22 » A German submarine sinks three British cruisers over a seventy-minute period, killing almost 1500 sailors.
October 5 » World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire.
November 7 » The first issue of The New Republic is published.
Day of marriage May 16, 1936
The temperature on May 16, 1936 was between 10.9 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 16 » The Popular Front wins the 1936 Spanish general election.
March 7 » Prelude to World War II: In violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland.
March 16 » Warmer-than-normal temperatures rapidly melt snow and ice on the upper Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, leading to a major flood in Pittsburgh.
August 30 » The RMS Queen Mary wins the Blue Riband by setting the fastest transatlantic crossing.
October 1 » Spanish Civil War: Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
October 5 » The Jarrow March sets off for London.
Day of death November 11, 1944
The temperature on November 11, 1944 was between 1.4 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
January 3 » World War II: Top Ace Major Greg "Pappy" Boyington is shot down in his Vought F4U Corsair by Captain Masajiro Kawato flying a Mitsubishi A6M Zero.
March 24 » Ardeatine massacre: German troops murder 335 Italian civilians in Rome.
July 17 » World War II: At Sainte-Foy-de-Montgommery in Normandy Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is seriously injured by allied aircraft while returning to his headquarters.
November 1 » World War II: Units of the British Army land at Walcheren.
November 3 » World War II: Two supreme commanders of the Slovak National Uprising, Generals Ján Golian and Rudolf Viest are captured, tortured and later executed by German forces.
November 24 » World War II: The 73rd Bombardment Wing launches the first attack on Tokyo from the Northern Mariana Islands.
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