The temperature on November 5, 1916 was between 10.2 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 25 » Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.
June 30 » World War I: In "the day Sussex died", elements of the Royal Sussex Regiment take heavy casualties in the Battle of the Boar's Head at Richebourg-l'Avoué in France.
August 29 » The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.
September 6 » The first self-service grocery store Piggly Wiggly was opened in Memphis, Tennessee by Clarence Saunders.
December 6 » World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.
December 18 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when German forces under Chief of staff Erich von Falkenhayn are defeated by the French, and suffer 337,000 casualties.
Day of marriage October 14, 1940
The temperature on October 14, 1940 was between 6.7 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
March 5 » Six high-ranking members of Soviet politburo, including Joseph Stalin, sign an order for the execution of 25,700 Polish intelligentsia, including 14,700 Polish POWs, in what will become known as the Katyn massacre.
June 3 » World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk ends with a German victory and with Allied forces in full retreat.
August 20 » World War II: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes the fourth of his famous wartime speeches, containing the line "Never was so much owed by so many to so few".
September 29 » Two Avro Ansons collide in mid-air over New South Wales, Australia, remain locked together, then land safely.
October 25 » Benjamin O. Davis Sr. is named the first African American general in the United States Army.
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