The temperature on July 11, 1916 was between 10.6 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 25 » In the Battle of Verdun, a German unit captures Fort Douaumont, keystone of the French defences, without a fight.
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.
July 19 » World War I: Battle of Fromelles: British and Australian troops attack German trenches as part of the Battle of the Somme.
November 18 » World War I: First Battle of the Somme: In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916.
November 21 » Mines from SM U-73 sink the HMHS Britannic, the largest ship lost in the First World War.
November 30 » Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty.
Day of marriage July 1, 1941
The temperature on July 1, 1941 was between 11.4 °C and 24.1 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
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.
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 5 » 37-year-old pilot Amy Johnson, the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia, disappears after bailing out of her plane over the River Thames, and is presumed dead.
May 15 » First flight of the Gloster E.28/39 the first British and Allied jet aircraft.
September 5 » Whole territory of Estonia is occupied by Nazi Germany.
October 30 » President Roosevelt approves $1 billion in Lend-Lease aid to the Allied nations.
October 31 » After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed.
November 12 » World War II: The Soviet cruiserChervona Ukraina is destroyed during the Battle of Sevastopol.
Day of death June 4, 1967
The temperature on June 4, 1967 was between 6.3 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 27 » Apollo program: Astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee are killed in a fire during a test of their Apollo 1 spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
February 10 » The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
March 6 » Cold War: Joseph Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva defects to the United States.
March 7 » The Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat Sementara (MPRS), Indonesia's provisional parliament, revoked Sukarno's mandate as President of Indonesia.
April 27 » Expo 67 officially opens in Montreal, Quebec, Canada with a large opening ceremony broadcast around the world. It opens to the public the next day.
September 4 » Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins when U.S. Marines engage the North Vietnamese in battle in the Que Son Valley.
Day of burial June 8, 1967
The temperature on June 8, 1967 was between 4.9 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 7 » The Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat Sementara (MPRS), Indonesia's provisional parliament, revoked Sukarno's mandate as President of Indonesia.
March 18 » The supertanker Torrey Canyon runs aground off the Cornish coast.
May 10 » The Northrop M2-F2 crashes on landing, becoming the inspiration for the novel Cyborg and TV series The Six Million Dollar Man.
June 8 » Six-Day War: The USS Liberty incident occurs, killing 34 and wounding 171.
July 3 » The Aden Emergency: The Battle of the Crater in which the British Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders retake the Crater district following the Arab Police mutiny.
November 30 » South Yemen becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
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