The temperature on October 23, 1914 was between 7.8 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
June 28 » Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo; this is the casus belli of World War I.
August 14 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Lorraine, an unsuccessful French offensive designed to recover the lost province of Moselle from Germany.
September 5 » World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.
December 23 » World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.
December 25 » A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.
Day of marriage April 24, 1943
The temperature on April 24, 1943 was between 6.4 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 29 » World War II: The first day of the Battle of Rennell Island, USSChicago(CA-29) is torpedoed and heavily damaged by Japanese bombers.
February 22 » World War II: Members of the White Rose resistance, Sophie Scholl, Hans Scholl, and Christoph Probst are executed in Nazi Germany.
March 19 » Frank Nitti, the Chicago Outfit Boss after Al Capone, commits suicide at the Chicago Central Railyard.
July 5 » World War II: German forces begin a massive offensive against the Soviet Union at the Battle of Kursk, also known as Operation Citadel.
July 10 » World War II: Operation Husky begins in Sicily.
November 23 » World War II: The Deutsche Opernhaus on Bismarckstraße in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg is destroyed. It will eventually be rebuilt in 1961 and be called the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
Day of death May 8, 2005
The temperature on May 8, 2005 was between 4.0 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
August 31 » The 2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede in Baghdad kills 953 people.
September 7 » Egypt holds its first-ever multi-party presidential election.
October 21 » Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery.
October 22 » Tropical Storm Alpha forms in the Atlantic Basin, making the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record with 22 named storms.
October 29 » Bombings in Delhi, India kill more than 60.
November 22 » Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany.
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