The temperature on August 30, 1916 was between 12.5 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 18.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 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.
February 24 » The Governor-General of Korea establishes a clinic called Jahyewon in Sorokdo to segregate Hansen's disease patients.
July 7 » The New Zealand Labour Party was founded in Wellington.
July 15 » In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
August 17 » World War I: Romania signs a secret treaty with the Entente Powers. According to the treaty, Romania agreed to join the war on the Allied side.
September 19 » World War I: During the East African Campaign, colonial forces of the Belgian Congo (Force Publique) under the command of Charles Tombeur capture the town of Tabora after heavy fighting.
December 23 » World War I: Battle of Magdhaba: Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in the Sinai Peninsula.
Day of marriage September 18, 1940
The temperature on September 18, 1940 was between 11.6 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
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.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 29 » Three trains on the Nishinari Line; present Sakurajima Line, in Osaka, Japan, collide and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi Station. One hundred and eighty-one people are killed.
June 24 » World War II: Operation Collar, the first British Commando raid on occupied France, by No11 Independent Company.
July 25 » General Henri Guisan orders the Swiss Army to resist German invasion and makes surrender illegal.
October 28 » Second World War: Greece rejects Italy's ultimatum. Italy invades Greece through Albania a few hours later.
November 5 » World War II: The British armed merchant cruiser, HMSJervis Bay, is sunk by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer.
November 24 » World War II: The First Slovak Republic becomes a signatory to the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.
Day of death May 14, 1997
The temperature on May 14, 1997 was between 5.7 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 9.4 mm of rain during 9.0 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
March 13 » The Missionaries of Charity choose Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as their leader.
July 5 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil MP A. Thangathurai is shot dead at Sri Shanmuga Hindu Ladies College in Trincomalee.
August 3 » The tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, opens after two-and-a-half years of construction.
August 26 » Beni Ali massacre occurs in Algeria, leaving 60 to 100 people dead.
September 3 » Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Tupolev Tu-134) crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.
September 14 » Eighty-one killed as five bogies of the Ahmedabad–Howrah Express plunge into a river in Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh, India.
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