The temperature on August 13, 1914 was between 10.7 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
April 21 » Ypiranga incident: A German arms shipment to Mexico is intercepted by the U.S. Navy near Veracruz.
August 3 » World War I: Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality.
August 23 » World War I: The British Expeditionary Force and the French Fifth Army begin their Great Retreat before the German Army.
August 24 » World War I: German troops capture Namur.
September 9 » World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
October 27 » First World War: The new British battleship HMS Audacious is sunk by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser Berlin.
Day of death June 17, 1969
The temperature on June 17, 1969 was between 11.7 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 1 » The Hawker Siddeley Harrier, the first operational fighter aircraft with Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing capabilities, enters service with the Royal Air Force.
August 10 » A day after murdering Sharon Tate and four others, members of Charles Manson's cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca.
August 14 » The Troubles: British troops are deployed in Northern Ireland as political and sectarian violence breaks out, marking the start of the 37-year Operation Banner.
November 17 » Cold War: Negotiators from the Soviet Union and the United States meet in Helsinki, Finland to begin SALT I negotiations aimed at limiting the number of strategic weapons on both sides.
November 20 » Vietnam War: The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) publishes explicit photographs of dead villagers from the My Lai Massacre in Vietnam.
December 17 » Project Blue Book: The United States Air Force closes its study of UFOs.
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