The temperature on July 6, 1914 was between 9.9 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
May 29 » The Ocean liner RMSEmpress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
June 23 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.
August 5 » World War I: The guns of Point Nepean fort at Port Phillip Heads in Victoria (Australia) fire across the bows of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer SSPfalz which is attempting to leave the Port of Melbourne in ignorance of the declaration of war and she is detained; this is said to be the first Allied shot of the War.
August 25 » World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost.
August 28 » World War I: The Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
December 15 » World War I: The Serbian Army recaptures Belgrade from the invading Austro-Hungarian Army.
Day of death October 10, 1988
The temperature on October 10, 1988 was between 5.0 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (84%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
March 20 » Eritrean War of Independence: Having defeated the Nadew Command, the Eritrean People's Liberation Front enters the town of Afabet, victoriously concluding the Battle of Afabet.
April 25 » In Israel, John Demjanjuk is sentenced to death for war crimes committed in World War II.
August 20 » "Black Saturday" of the Yellowstone fire in Yellowstone National Park
October 27 » Cold War: Ronald Reagan suspends construction of the new U.S. Embassy in Moscow due to Soviet listening devices in the building structure.
December 9 » The Michael Hughes Bridge in Sligo, Ireland, is officially opened.
December 21 » A bomb explodes on board Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, killing 270. This is to date the deadliest air disaster to occur in British soil.
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