The temperature on March 14, 1906 was between -2.9 °C and 3.5 °C and averaged -0.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
March 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
April 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
June 25 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
June 30 » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
September 12 » The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.
December 4 » Alpha Phi Alpha the first black intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
Day of marriage March 14, 1942
The temperature on March 14, 1942 was between 0.6 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
February 27 » World War II: During the Battle of the Java Sea, an Allied strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the Java Sea in the Dutch East Indies.
March 3 » World War II: Ten Japanese warplanes raid Broome, Western Australia, killing more than 100 people.
April 17 » French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Königstein Fortress.
May 26 » World War II: The Battle of Gazala takes place.
June 11 » World War II: The United States agrees to send Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union.
August 30 » World War II: The Battle of Alam el Halfa begins.
Day of death December 29, 1978
The temperature on December 29, 1978 was between 2.0 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 12.4 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
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 1 » The Philippine College of Commerce, through a presidential decree, becomes the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
April 27 » The Saur Revolution begins in Afghanistan, ending the following morning with the murder of Afghan President Mohammed Daoud Khan and the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
July 25 » Birth of Louise Joy Brown, the first human to have been born after conception by in vitro fertilisation, or IVF.
August 19 » In Iran, Cinema Rex fire caused more than 400 deaths.
November 15 » A chartered Douglas DC-8 crashes near Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing 183.
December 11 » The Lufthansa heist is committed by a group led by Lucchese family associate Jimmy Burke. It was the largest cash robbery ever committed on American soil, at that time.
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