The temperature on March 6, 1914 was between 6.4 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 5 » The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and minimum daily wage of $5 in salary plus bonuses.
May 25 » The House of Commons of the United Kingdom passes the Home Rule Bill for devolution in Ireland.
July 29 » The Cape Cod Canal opened.
August 24 » World War I: The Battle of Cer ends as the first Allied victory in the war.
August 28 » World War I: German troops take the city of Namur in Belgium.
September 3 » William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
Day of marriage March 19, 1935
The temperature on March 19, 1935 was between 4.3 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 7 » Benito Mussolini and French Foreign minister Pierre Laval sign the Franco-Italian Agreement.
February 26 » Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of radar in the United Kingdom.
April 1 » India's central banking institution, The Reserve Bank of India, is formed.
May 25 » Jesse Owens of Ohio State University breaks three world records and ties a fourth at the Big Ten Conference Track and Field Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
September 8 » US Senator from Louisiana Huey Long is fatally shot in the Louisiana State Capitol building.
November 3 » George II of Greece regains his throne through a popular, though possibly fixed, plebiscite.
Day of death October 6, 1977
The temperature on October 6, 1977 was between 11.6 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 5.8 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (12%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
April 28 » The Red Army Faction trial ends, with Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin and Jan-Carl Raspe found guilty of four counts of murder and more than 30 counts of attempted murder.
June 13 » Convicted Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before.
July 5 » Military coup in Pakistan: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, is overthrown.
July 21 » The start of the four-day-long Libyan–Egyptian War.
August 20 » Voyager program: NASA launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft.
November 21 » Minister of Internal Affairs Allan Highet announces that the national anthems of New Zealand shall be the traditional anthem "God Save the Queen" and "God Defend New Zealand".
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