The temperature on June 8, 1914 was between 0.7 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) 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.
January 9 » The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African-American students at Howard University in Washington D.C., United States.
February 26 » HMHSBritannic, sister to the RMSTitanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
August 12 » World War I: The Battle of Halen a.k.a. Battle of the Silver Helmets a clash between large Belgian and German cavalry formations at Halen, Belgium.
August 25 » World War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.
August 25 » World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost.
September 8 » World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
Day of death July 6, 1914
The temperature on July 6, 1914 was between 9.9 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
August 6 » World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
August 12 » World War I: The United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary; the countries of the British Empire follow suit.
August 26 » World War I: The German colony of Togoland surrenders to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign.
November 5 » World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire.
November 23 » Mexican Revolution: The last of U.S. forces withdraw from Veracruz, occupied seven months earlier in response to the Tampico Affair.
December 8 » World War I: A squadron of Britain's Royal Navy defeats the Imperial German East Asia Squadron in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
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