The temperature on July 12, 1914 was between 14.2 °C and 26.3 °C and averaged 21.2 °C. There was 13.3 hours of sunshine (81%). 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.
April 23 » First baseball game at Wrigley Field, then known as Weeghman Park, in Chicago.
August 5 » World War I: The German minelayer SSKönigin Luise lays a minefield about 40 miles (64km) off the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMSAmphion.
August 15 » World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I.
August 28 » World War I: The Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
September 8 » World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
Day of marriage July 31, 1940
The temperature on July 31, 1940 was between 13.0 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
February 29 » 12th Academy Awards: For her performance as "Mammy" in Gone with the Wind, Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win an Academy Award.
March 30 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Japan declares Nanking capital of a new Chinese puppet government, nominally controlled by Wang Jingwei.
September 27 » World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.
October 1 » The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.
December 9 » World War II: Operation Compass: British and Indian troops under the command of Major-General Richard O'Connor attack Italian forces near Sidi Barrani in Egypt.
December 29 » World War II: In the Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe fire-bombs London, England, killing almost 200 civilians.
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