The temperature on August 15, 1916 was between 12.3 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (19%). 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.
February 29 » Tokelau is annexed by the United Kingdom.
July 1 » World War I: First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.
July 22 » Preparedness Day Bombing: In San Francisco, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a parade, killing ten and injuring 40.
August 5 » World War I: Battle of Romani: Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai Peninsula.
October 27 » Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasu V, is defeated by Fitawrari abte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zewditu I.
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 May 26, 1943
The temperature on May 26, 1943 was between 9.0 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
January 14 » World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill begin the Casablanca Conference to discuss strategy and study the next phase of the war.
January 27 » World War II: The Eighth Air Force sorties ninety-one B-17s and B-24s to attack the U-boat construction yards at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. This was the first American bombing attack on Germany.
April 19 » World War II: In Poland, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins, after German troops enter the Warsaw Ghetto to round up the remaining Jews.
August 2 » World War II: The Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri and sinks. Lt. John F. Kennedy, future U.S. president, saves all but two of his crew.
August 17 » World War II: The Royal Air Force begins Operation Hydra, the first air raid of the Operation Crossbow strategic bombing campaign against Germany's V-weapon program.
September 23 » World War II: The Nazi puppet state known as the Italian Social Republic is founded.
Day of death March 17, 1994
The temperature on March 17, 1994 was between 2.9 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (7%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
February 3 » Space Shuttle program: STS-60 is launched, carrying Sergei Krikalev, the first Russian cosmonaut to fly aboard the Shuttle.
April 27 » South African general election: The first democratic general election in South Africa, in which black citizens could vote. The Interim Constitution comes into force.
May 24 » Four men convicted of bombing the World Trade Center in New York in 1993 are each sentenced to 240 years in prison.
July 25 » Israel and Jordan sign the Washington Declaration, that formally ends the state of war that had existed between the nations since 1948.
October 17 » Russian journalist Dmitry Kholodov is assassinated while investigating corruption in the armed forces.
November 7 » WXYC, the student radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, provides the world's first internet radio broadcast.
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