The temperature on September 16, 1914 was between 6.9 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (64%). 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.
August 6 » World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
August 12 » World War I: The Battle of Halen a.k.a. Battle of the Silver Helmets a clash between large Belgian and German cavalry formations at Halen, Belgium.
September 3 » William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
September 9 » World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
October 29 » Ottoman entry into World War I.
November 9 » SMSEmden is sunk by HMASSydney in the Battle of Cocos.
Day of marriage July 4, 1936
The temperature on July 4, 1936 was between 14.4 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 27 » The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
June 28 » The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.
August 1 » The Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler.
August 14 » Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last known public execution in the United States.
August 31 » Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.
December 13 » An annular solar eclipse occurred and was visible from Australia, New Zealand on December 14th (Monday), and Oeno Island in Pitcairn Islands on December 13th (Sunday).
Day of death August 29, 1956
The temperature on August 29, 1956 was between 7.8 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 1 » Formation of the East German Nationale Volksarmee.
April 19 » Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco.
June 23 » The French National Assembly takes the first step in creating the French Community by passing the Loi Cadre, transferring a number of powers from Paris to elected territorial governments in French West Africa.
September 9 » Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
October 19 » The Soviet Union and Japan sign a Joint Declaration, officially ending the state of war between the two countries that had existed since August 1945.
November 12 » In the midst of the Suez Crisis, Palestinian refugees are shot dead in Rafah by Israeli soldiers following the invasion of the Gaza Strip.
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