The temperature on March 20, 1914 was between 2.1 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 9.3 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 9 » Mexican Revolution: One of the world's first naval/air skirmishes takes place off the coast of western Mexico.
August 5 » In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
August 15 » World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I.
September 3 » William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
November 9 » SMSEmden is sunk by HMASSydney in the Battle of Cocos.
December 23 » World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.
Day of marriage December 17, 1942
The temperature on December 17, 1942 was between 6.7 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 6.5 mm of rain during 6.5 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
February 20 » Lieutenant Edward O'Hare becomes America's first World War II flying ace.
February 28 » The heavy cruiser USSHouston is sunk in the Battle of Sunda Strait with 693 crew members killed, along with HMASPerth which lost 375 men.
March 5 » World War II: Japanese forces capture Batavia, capital of Dutch East Indies, which is left undefended after the withdrawal of the KNIL garrison and Australian Blackforce battalion to Buitenzorg and Bandung.
July 23 » Bulgarian poet and Communist leader Nikola Vaptsarov is executed by firing squad.
September 21 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: In Dunaivtsi, Ukraine, Nazis murder 2,588 Jews.
November 19 » World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: Soviet Union forces under General Georgy Zhukov launch the Operation Uranus counterattacks at Stalingrad, turning the tide of the battle in the USSR's favor.
Day of death May 20, 2001
The temperature on May 20, 2001 was between 3.7 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
April 1 » Former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on war crimes charges.
April 1 » Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands, the first contemporary country to allow it.
April 25 » Michele Alboreto is killed while testing an Audi R8 at the Lausitzring in Germany.
August 10 » The 2001 Angola train attack occurred, causing 252 deaths.
November 14 » War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital Kabul.
November 30 » Gary Ridgway is apprehended and charged with four murders as the Green River Killer.
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