The temperature on June 2, 1915 was between 5.1 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 9 » World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
May 22 » Three trains collide in the Quintinshill rail disaster near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246.
July 16 » Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
August 29 » US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.
September 25 » World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.
December 20 » World War I: The last Australian troops are evacuated from Gallipoli.
Day of marriage June 17, 1937
The temperature on June 17, 1937 was between 7.5 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 23 » The trial of the anti-Soviet Trotskyist center sees seventeen mid-level Communists accused of sympathizing with Leon Trotsky and plotting to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime.
February 16 » Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
April 9 » The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London. It is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe.
April 30 » The Commonwealth of the Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.
October 11 » The Duke and Duchess of Windsor tour Nazi Germany for 12 days and meet Adolf Hitler on the 22nd.
December 13 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: The city of Nanjing, defended by the National Revolutionary Army under the command of General Tang Shengzhi, falls to the Japanese. This is followed by the Nanking Massacre, in which Japanese troops rape and slaughter hundreds of thousands of civilians.
Day of death February 5, 2012
The temperature on February 5, 2012 was between -10.2 °C and -5.1 °C and averaged -7.1 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (68%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
April 6 » Azawad declares itself independent from the Republic of Mali.
May 19 » Three gas cylinder bombs explode in front of a vocational school in the Italian city of Brindisi, killing one person and injuring five others.
July 20 » James Holmes opened fire at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 and injuring 70 others.
October 9 » Pakistani Taliban attempt to assassinate outspoken schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai.
December 3 » At least 475 people are killed after Typhoon Bopha makes landfall in the Philippines.
December 19 » Park Geun-hye is elected the first female president of South Korea.
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