The temperature on September 5, 1916 was between 8.7 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 31 » World War I: Battle of Jutland: The British Grand Fleet engages the High Seas Fleet in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive.
July 15 » In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
July 22 » Preparedness Day Bombing: In San Francisco, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a parade, killing ten and injuring 40.
August 28 » World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.
August 30 » Ernest Shackleton completes the rescue of all of his men stranded on Elephant Island in Antarctica.
November 7 » Boston Elevated Railway Company's streetcar No. 393 smashes through the warning gates of the open Summer Street drawbridge in Boston, Massachusetts, plunging into the frigid waters of Fort Point Channel, killing 46 people.
Day of marriage May 2, 1946
The temperature on May 2, 1946 was between 7.6 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
February 12 » African American United States Army veteran Isaac Woodard is severely beaten by a South Carolina police officer to the point where he loses his vision in both eyes. The incident later galvanizes the civil rights movement and partially inspires Orson Welles' film Touch of Evil.
February 18 » Sailors of the Royal Indian Navy mutiny in Bombay harbour, from where the action spreads throughout the Provinces of British India, involving 78 ships, twenty shore establishments and 20,000 sailors
March 1 » The Bank of England is nationalised.
May 1 » The Paris Peace Conference concludes that the islands of the Dodecanese should be returned to Greece by Italy.
June 5 » A fire in the La Salle Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, kills 61 people.
November 23 » French naval bombardment of Hai Phong, Vietnam, kills thousands of civilians.
Day of death August 23, 1966
The temperature on August 23, 1966 was between 7.7 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
May 21 » The Ulster Volunteer Force declares war on the Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland.
May 25 » Explorer program: Explorer 32 launches.
May 30 » Former Congolese Prime Minister, Évariste Kimba, and several other politicians are publicly executed in Kinshasa on the orders of President Joseph Mobutu.
July 18 » A racially charged incident in a bar sparks the six-day Hough riots in Cleveland, Ohio; 1,700 Ohio National Guard troops intervene to restore order.
October 10 » The Beach Boys release one of their biggest singles, ranked the 6th greatest song by Rolling Stone, "Good Vibrations".
November 15 » A Boeing 727 carrying Pan Am Flight 708 crashes near Berlin, Germany, killing all three people on board.
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