The temperature on April 5, 1914 was between 3.8 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong 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 29 » The Ocean liner RMSEmpress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
July 4 » The funeral of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie takes place in Vienna, six days after their assassinations in Sarajevo.
July 11 » USSNevada(BB-36) is launched.
August 23 » World War I: The British Expeditionary Force and the French Fifth Army begin their Great Retreat before the German Army.
November 1 » World War I: The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) departed by ship in a single convoy from Albany, Western Australia bound for Egypt.
December 23 » World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.
Day of marriage August 4, 1938
The temperature on August 4, 1938 was between 16.3 °C and 31.3 °C and averaged 23.6 °C. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 28 » The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9mph).
April 25 » U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.
June 7 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. Five hundred to nine hundred thousand civilians are killed.
June 24 » Pieces of a meteorite land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded.
July 3 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
September 5 » Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are executed after surrendering during a failed coup.
Day of death May 19, 1977
The temperature on May 19, 1977 was between 8.3 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (78%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
January 18 » SFR Yugoslavia's Prime minister, Džemal Bijedić, his wife and six others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
June 13 » Convicted Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before.
July 24 » End of a four-day-long Libyan–Egyptian War.
July 26 » The National Assembly of Quebec imposes the use of French as the official language of the provincial government.
November 11 » A munitions explosion at a train station in Iri, South Korea kills at least 56 people.
December 5 » Egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and South Yemen. The move is in retaliation for the Declaration of Tripoli against Egypt.
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