The temperature on June 18, 1914 was between 8.0 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
April 23 » First baseball game at Wrigley Field, then known as Weeghman Park, in Chicago.
August 15 » The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SSAncon.
August 21 » World War I: The Battle of Charleroi, a successful German attack across the River Sambre that pre-empted a French offensive in the same area.
August 25 » World War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.
August 27 » World War I: Battle of Étreux: A British rearguard action by the Royal Munster Fusiliers during the Great Retreat.
September 3 » French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
Day of marriage January 21, 1937
The temperature on January 21, 1937 was between 0.4 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
March 2 » The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.
July 2 » Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
July 7 » The Peel Commission Report recommends the partition of Palestine, which was the first formal recommendation for partition in the history of Palestine.
August 24 » Spanish Civil War: Sovereign Council of Asturias and León is proclaimed in Gijón.
October 2 » Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of Haitians living in the northwestern region of the Dominican Republic.
October 9 » Murder of 9 Catholic priests in Zhengding, China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army.
Day of death February 1, 1988
The temperature on February 1, 1988 was between 2.3 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 11.6 mm of rain during 9.0 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
April 18 » The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
July 23 » General Ne Win, effective ruler of Burma since 1962, resigns after pro-democracy protests.
August 20 » "Black Saturday" of the Yellowstone fire in Yellowstone National Park
August 31 » Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 crashes during takeoff from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, killing 14.
September 12 » Hurricane Gilbert devastates Jamaica; it turns towards Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula two days later, causing an estimated $5 billion in damage.
November 8 » U.S. Vice President George H. W. Bush is elected as the 41st president.
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